Decreasing Ageism Bias Through an Interprofessional Clinical Simulation Experience
Our results indicate a prevalence of implicit ageism in entry-level physician assistant and PT students which impacted clinical decision-making related to discharge plans. An interprofessional education with clinical simulation and standardized patients proved to be an effective bias mitigator within this group.
Authors
- Stephen Carp
- Melissa Gilroy
- Melissa Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4914-6487)
- Sean F. Griech (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1113-5421)
- Rebecca Stein
- Kathleen Ehrhardt
- Kelvin Spong
Institutions
- DeSales University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Physician Assistant Education
- Published
- 2025-06-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/jpa.0000000000000677
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00