Preparing the Front Line for the Increase in the Aging Population: Geriatric Curriculum Development for an Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 386-392

  Prendergast, Heather M ^a   Jurivich, Donald ^a   Edison, Marcia ^a   Bunney, E Bradshaw ^a   Williams, John ^a   Schlichting, Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

curriculum; Emergency Medicine; geriatric; residents

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CURRICULUM; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949917331     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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