Undergraduate training in geriatric medicine: Getting it right

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 366-368

  Lally, Frank ^a   Crome, Peter ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Geriatric medicine; Medical; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

AGING; CAREER; CURRICULUM; GERIATRICS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GERIATRICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34547924403     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm047     Document Type: Note

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