Integrating geriatric content into a medical school curriculum: Description of a successful model

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 15-32

  Newell, Debra A ^a   Raji, Mukaila ^b   Lieberman, Steven ^b   Beach, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TEXAS;

EID: 33746710392     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J021v25n02_02     Document Type: Article

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