The Columbia cooperative aging program: An interdisciplinary and interdepartmental approach to geriatric education for medical interns

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 520-526

  Maurer, Mathew S ^a   Costley, Alex W ^a,b   Miller, Patricia A ^c   McCabe, Sigrid ^a   Dubin, Shelly ^a   Cheng, Huai ^a   Varela Burstein, Ellyn ^c   Lam, Binh ^a   Irvine, Craig ^a   Page, Kerrianne P ^a   Ridge, Gerald ^a   Gurland, Barry ^b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative; Evaluation; Geriatrics; Interdisciplinary; Residency education

Indexed keywords

AGING; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGING; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644658299     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00616.x     Document Type: Review

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