Models of physician education for Alzheimer's disease and dementia: Practical application in an integrated network

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 11-23

  Harvey, Rose M ^a,b,c   Horvath, Kathy J ^a,b,c   Levine, Sharon A ^b,d   Volicer, Ladislav ^b,c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease education; Memory Loss Tool Kit; Physician leaders; Practicing physician education; Train the Trainer; Videoconferencing

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; SKILL; TEACHING; TRAIN THE TRAINER MODEL; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 33744957502     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v29n02_03     Document Type: Conference Paper

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