The Senior Mentor Program at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine: An innovative geriatric longitudinal curriculum

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 11-23

  Roberts, Ellen ^a   Richeson, Nancy ^b   Thornhill, Joshua T ^b   Corwin, Sara J ^c   Eleazer, G Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Longitudinal curriculum; Nontraditional settings; Senior mentors; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MENTORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOUTH CAROLINA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749514412     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J021v27n02_03     Document Type: Article

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