Dedicated teaching block for undergraduate geriatric medicine improves knowledge

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 234-238

  Visvanathan, Renuka ^a   Silakong, Teena ^b   Yu, Solomon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geriatric medicine; Knowledge; Multiple choice question; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 84155164432     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2011.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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