Considerations for the development of an undergraduate curriculum in geriatric medicine

Gerontology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 385-391

  Singler, K ^a,b   Sieber, C C ^a,b   Biber, R ^a   Roller, R E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; Educational strategies; Geriatrics; Learning objectives; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GERMANY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AUSTRIA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84883449071     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000346511     Document Type: Article

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