The Medical College of Wisconsin Senior Mentor Program: Experience of a lifetime

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-103

  Bates, Tovah ^a   Cohan, Mary E ^a   Bragg, Dawn St A ^a   Bedinghaus, Joan ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Senior mentors; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; 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; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33749535551     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J021v27n02_10     Document Type: Article

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