Self-perceived competence among medical residents in skills needed to care for patients with advanced dementia versus metastatic cancer

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 515-520

  Manu, Erika ^a,b   Marks, Adam ^a,b   Berkman, Cathy S ^d   Mullan, Patricia ^c   Montagnini, Marcos ^a,b   Vitale, Caroline A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced dementia; Geriatrics education; Palliative care education; Resident education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FAMILY; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METASTASIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERCEPTION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84866731427     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-012-0351-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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