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Peer reviewedCotton, G.E. – Journal of Medical Education, 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
