Introduction: Older adults in medical education - Senior Mentor Programs in U. S. medical schools

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 3-10

  Stewart, Thomas ^a   Alford, Cindy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MENTORS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749507944     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J021v27n02_02     Document Type: Editorial

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