A fourth-year medical school clerkship that addressed negative attitudes toward geriatric medicine

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 746-750

  Golden, Adam G ^a,b   Van Zuilen, Maria H ^b   Mintzer, Michael J ^a,b   Issenberg, S Barry ^b   Silverman, Michael A ^b   Roos, Bernard A ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Stein Gerontological Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Geriatrics; Medical students; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GERIATRIC CARE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GERIATRICS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; NEGATIVISM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING ROUNDS;

EID: 77950428753     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02774.x     Document Type: Article

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