Clerkship Rounds Involving Senior Citizens at a High-Rise Apartment Complex.

Cotton, G.E.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Clerkship Rounds Involving Senior Citizens at a High-Rise Apartment Complex.

Cotton, G.E.

Journal of Medical Education, v59 n2 p135-37 Feb 1984

A pilot study is described that was designed to make medical students' early professional contact with the elderly occur with those who are well enough to function as independently living individuals. The students felt the teaching value of the experience equaled or exceeded that of their experience with hospitalized patients. (MLW)

Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Geriatrics, Higher Education, Internal Medicine, Medical Education, Medical Evaluation, Medical Students, Older Adults

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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