Community physician education in geriatrics: Applying the assessing care of vulnerable elders model with a multisite primary care group

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1780-1785

  Warshaw, Gregg A ^a,b   Modawal, Arvind ^a,b   Kues, John ^b   Moore, Irene ^a,b   Margolin, Gordon ^a   Sehgal, Mandi ^a,b   Mueller, Stephen ^a,d   Cluxton, Robert ^a,c  

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

^b Information Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d CHRIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

geriatrics; in office education; primary care; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GERIATRIC CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; AGED; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; OHIO; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77956300276     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03029.x     Document Type: Article

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