Emergency medicine management of the geriatric patient: An educational program for medical students

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 141-145

  Shah, Manish N ^a,b   Heppard, Brian ^a   Medina Walpole, Annette ^a   Clark, Nancy S ^a   McCann, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Box 655 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Geriatrics; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE;

ADULT; AGED; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 14544285570     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53024.x     Document Type: Article

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