Core Competencies for the Care of Older Patients: Recommendations of the American Geriatrics Society.

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ERIC Number: EJ606698

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Core Competencies for the Care of Older Patients: Recommendations of the American Geriatrics Society.

Academic Medicine, v75 n3 p252-55 Mar 2000

Summarizes recommendations of a subcommittee of the American Geriatrics Society's Education Committee concerning core competencies for physicians caring for older patients. Competencies are organized into those concerned with attitudes, knowledge (basic science and clinical), and skills. (DB)

Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Aging Education, Competency Based Education, Geriatrics, Higher Education, Medical Education, Older Adults, Student Educational Objectives

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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