Effect of a geriatric curriculum on emergency medicine resident attitudes, knowledge, and decision-making

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 10 SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Biese, Kevin J ^a   Roberts, Ellen ^a   Lamantia, Michael ^a   Zamora, Zeke ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a   Snyder, Graham ^a,c   Patel, Amar ^c   Hollar, David ^b   Kizer, John Steve ^a   Busby Whitehead, Jan ^a  

^a Institute on Aging   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAKEMED HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALICYLATE SODIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SEDATION; SIMULATION; URINARY CATHETER;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL;

EID: 80054105319     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01170.x     Document Type: Article

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