Geriatric-focused educational offerings in the department of Veterans affairs from 1999 to 2009

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-53

  Thielke, Stephen ^a,b   Tumosa, Nina ^a,c   Lindenfeld, Rivkah ^d   Shay, Kenneth ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Department of Veterans Affairs; Employee education; Employee Education System; Geriatrics education; GRECC; Lecture series; Trends; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GERIATRICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 79951909429     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701960.2011.550214     Document Type: Article

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