Effect of a mandatory geriatric medicine clerkship on third-year students

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2007-2011

  Struck, Bryan D ^a,b   Bernard, Marie A ^a   Teasdale, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clerkship; Education; Geriatric medicine; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL STUDENT; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; STUDENT SATISFACTION;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; OKLAHOMA; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING;

EID: 29244472041     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00473.x     Document Type: Review

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