Geriatrics education in psychiatric residencies: A national survey of program directors

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-45

  Warshaw, Gregg A ^a   Bragg, Elizabeth J ^b   Layde, Joseph B ^c   Meganathan, Karthikeyan ^b   Brewer, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; GERIATRICS; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75649120339     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.34.1.39     Document Type: Article

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