The geriatrics excellence in teaching series: An integrated educational skills curriculum for faculty and fellows development

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 750-756

  Pinheiro, Sandro O ^a,b   Heflin, Mitchell T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Faculty development; Fellowship training; Geriatrics education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SKILL; TEACHING;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41549136964     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01640.x     Document Type: Article

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