A brief, intensive, clinically focused geriatrics course during the third year of medical school

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 524-529

  Fisher, Alfred L ^a   O'Keefe, Elizabeth A ^a   Hanlon, Joseph T ^a   Studenski, Stephanie A ^a   Hennon, John G ^a   Resnick, Neil M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clerkship; Geriatrics education; Medical school

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PENNSYLVANIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 61449152987     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02135.x     Document Type: Article

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