Development of geriatric competencies for emergency medicine residents using an expert consensus process

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 316-324

  Hogan, Teresita M ^a,b,c   Losman, Eve D ^d   Carpenter, Christopher R ^e   Sauvigne, Karen ^f   Irmiter, Cheryl ^g   Emanuel, Linda ^c   Leipzig, Rosanne M ^f  

^a RESURRECTION MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency; Consensus; Emergency medicine residents; Geriatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FACE VALIDITY; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GERIATRICS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951129916     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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