Improving physician awareness of Alzheimer disease and enhancing recruitment: The clinician partners program

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-67

  Galvin, James E ^a,b   Meuser, Thomas M ^a,c   Morris, John C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; dementia; physician education; research recruitment

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCREENING; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALIZATION; TEACHING;

EID: 84857794207     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e318212c0df     Document Type: Review

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