Are we teaching our students what they need to know about ageing? Results from the UK national survey of undergraduate teaching in ageing and geriatric medicine

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 385-388

  Gordon, Adam L ^a   Blundell, Adrian G ^b   Gladman, John R F ^a   Masud, Tahir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRICS; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GERIATRICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 77951915215     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq011     Document Type: Article

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