Multiethnic perspectives on elder mistreatment.

Purpose: We conducted this study to understand the interpretations of elder mistreatment (EM) in multiethnic older adults.

Design And Methods: Focus group sessions were held with three ethnically homogenous groups (n = 18) and a group of elder care professionals (n = 6) eliciting responses to vignettes depicting various types of elder mistreatment. Qualitative analysis of focus group transcripts was performed to define EM occurrence, its severity, and to identify the perpetrator and victim.

Introducing first-year medical students to clinical practice by having them "shadow" third-year clerks.

Background: A new clinical experience was developed in which 1st-year medical students (MS1s) shadowed 3rd-year medical students (MS3s) as they performed their usual clerkship duties for 6 half-days, 1 in each clerkship. Researchers wanted to determine whether this was a worthwhile experience for MS1s and what they learned.

Description: MS1s documented their experiences shadowing MS3s in confidential responses to open-ended questions on a course Web site.