ABSTRACT

Malaysia is becoming an aging nation, with 32 medical schools providing 5,000 graduates every year. The extent these graduates have been trained in core concepts in geriatric medicine remains unclear. This work aims to describe the current state of teaching provision on aging and geriatric medicine to the medical undergraduates in Malaysia. A survey was developed by geriatric medicine experts from the Malaysian Society of Geriatric Medicine (MSGM) to review the teaching provision based on the recommended MSGM Undergraduate Geriatric Medicine Curriculum and was sent to all medical schools across the country. The response rate was 50% (16 out of 32 medical schools). Among 16 medical schools, 10 (62.5%) delivered the learning outcomes as part of an integrated curriculum, and five via a mixed geriatric and integrated curriculum at varying degrees of completeness, ranging from 19% to 94%. One particular medical school did not deliver any of the core topics as part of its undergraduate curriculum. It has been identified that the strongest barrier to delivery was lack of expertise, followed by the fact that the topics were not included in the current curriculum. Improvement in teaching provision should be implemented through a concerted effort to adopt a geriatric medical curriculum nationwide, while future research should aim at the interventions taken to address the barriers in its provision.

摘要

马来西亚正在成为一个老龄化国家，每年有 32 所医学院提供 5,000 名毕业生。这些毕业生接受老年医学核心概念培训的程度仍不清楚。这项工作旨在向马来西亚的医学本科生描述老化和老年医学教学规定的现状。马来西亚老年医学学会（MSGM）的老年医学专家开展了一项调查，以根据推荐的 MSGM 本科老年医学课程审查教学规定，并发送至全国所有医学院。回复率为 50%（32 所医学院中的 16 所）。在 16 所医学院中，有 10 所 (62.5%) 将学习成果作为综合课程的一部分提供，五个通过混合老年学和综合课程完成，完成度从 19% 到 94% 不等。一所特定的医学院没有将任何核心主题作为其本科课程的一部分。已经确定，交付的最大障碍是缺乏专业知识，其次是这些主题未包含在当前课程中。应通过齐心协力在全国范围内采用老年医学课程来改进教学规定，而未来的研究应着眼于为解决其规定中的障碍而采取的干预措施。已经确定，交付的最大障碍是缺乏专业知识，其次是这些主题未包含在当前课程中。应通过齐心协力在全国范围内采用老年医学课程来改进教学规定，而未来的研究应着眼于为解决其规定中的障碍而采取的干预措施。已经确定，交付的最大障碍是缺乏专业知识，其次是这些主题未包含在当前课程中。应通过齐心协力在全国范围内采用老年医学课程来改进教学规定，而未来的研究应着眼于为解决其规定中的障碍而采取的干预措施。