European undergraduate curriculum in geriatric medicine developed using an international modified Delphi technique

Age and Ageing

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 695-702

  Masud, Tahir ^a,b   Blundell, Adrian ^a   Gordon, Adam Lee ^a   Mulpeter, Ken ^c   Roller, Regina ^d   Singler, Katrin ^e   Goeldlin, Adrian ^f   Stuck, Andreas ^f  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c LETTERKENNY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Consensus; Delphi; European; Geriatric medicine; Undergraduate curriculum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; DELPHI STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRICIAN; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS; EDUCATION; EUROPE; GERIATRICS; LEARNING; MULTICENTER STUDY; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; CURRICULUM; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EUROPE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LEARNING;

EID: 84903164350     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afu019     Document Type: Article

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