With the increase in the older adult population, there is a critical need for healthcare professionals trained in gerontological care. Current health professions students possess negative attitudes toward older adults and working with the elderly. One hundred and fourty four health professions students were surveyed using the Carolina Opinions on Care of Older Adults (COCOA) on their attitudes on working with the elderly, before and after participating in a semester-long, interdisciplinary, geriatric-focused program. During the program, students were provided with information on elderly-specific health concerns and also participated in home visits with elderly individuals. Possible COCOA scores ranged from 42-210, with higher scores reflecting more favorable attitudes. COCOA consisted of six subscales: early interest, empathy, attitude toward geriatric careers, ageism, clinical /social care for older adults and social value of older adults. Pre-attitude data was compared with post-attitude data to indicate the effectiveness of the program. Although the results did not indicate a significant attitude change in most of the subscales, there was significant attitude improvement in the category of early interest in geriatrics and older adult issues. Additionally, data was analyzed to determine if differences in attitudes towards the elderly exist between medical students and undergraduate health professions students. Since other geriatric programs targeting the same student populations have generated more positive attitude changes, several aspects of our program (such as duration, program emphasis and direct exposure to the elderly) were compared to other programs and implications will be discussed.