Aging Q3: An initiative to improve internal medicine residents' geriatrics knowledge, skills, and clinical performance

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 635-642

  Moran, William P ^a   Zapka, Jane ^a   Iverson, Patty J ^a   Zhao, Yumin ^a   Wiley, M Kathleen ^a   Pride, Pamela ^a   Davis, Kimberly S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860771130     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31824d4a10     Document Type: Article

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