The effect of the geriatrics education for emergency medical services training program in a rural community

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1134-1139

  Shah, Manish N ^a,b   Rajasekaran, Karthik ^a   Sheahan III, William D ^b   Wimbush, Tracy ^a   Karuza, Jurgis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Department of Health Livingston County ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Emergency medical services; Geriatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 44649090672     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01738.x     Document Type: Article

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