The Effect of a 12-Month Longitudinal Long-Term Care Rotation on Knowledge and Attitudes of Internal Medicine Residents About Geriatrics

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-109

  Baum, Elizabeth E ^a   Nelson, Karl M ^b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Aultman Health Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

education; Geriatric; nursing home

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; GERIATRIC CARE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33846686166     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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