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The Physician's Role in Assessing and Counseling Aging Drivers: A Training Session for Undergraduate Medical Students
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Rull, Gary; Rosher, Richard B.; Robinson, Sherry; McCann-Stone, Nancy – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2008
The critical need for physicians to become entrenched in the issues of older drivers and public safety is the focus of a training initiative developed as a component of an innovative geriatrics curriculum, Aging (Couple) Across the Curriculum. As the number of aging drivers in the United States rises, physicians can play an important role in…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Physicians, Geriatrics, Driver Education
Geriatrics: The Fruition of the Clinician Reconsidered.
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Williams, T. Franklin – Gerontologist, 1986
To successfully practice geriatrics, one must keep up-to-date with rapidly evolving knowledge, recognize heterogeneity among older people, seek answers through longitudinal studies, and accept no symptoms nor loss of function as being simply old age. Functional loss must be the focus and thus rehabilitation is essential to good geriatric care.…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Geriatrics, Gerontology, Older Adults
Do Geriatricians Stay in Geriatrics?
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Shah, Uday; Aung, Myo; Chan, Susanna; Wolfklein, Gisele – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2006
To evaluate whether formally trained geriatricians remain in the field of Geriatrics, and to determine their job satisfaction and perceived quality of life, we surveyed the 107 fellows trained over the last 25 years in one accredited geriatric program. Of the 88 physicians who consented to participate, 75% devoted at least half of their practice…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Job Satisfaction, Physicians, Geriatrics
Gerontologic/Geriatric Training in Medical School: Preferences of Students, Educators, and Practitioners of Medicine in Regard to Curricular Content.
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Coccaro, Emil F.; And Others – Educational Gerontology, 1983
Assessed the attitudes of students, faculties, and practitioners associated with two schools of medicine toward gerontologic/geriatric medical education including specific items relating to course content during the preclinical and clinical years. Results revealed a consensus regarding course content in areas such as psychiatry, nutrition, and…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Gerontology, Geriatrics
Objective Structured Video Examinations (OSVEs) for Geriatrics Education
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Simpson, Deborah; Gehl, Suzanne; Helm, Robin; Kerwin, Diana; Drewniak, Theresa; Bragg, Dawn St. A.; Ziebert, Monica M.; Denson, Steven; Brown, Diane; Heffron, Mary Gleason; Mitchell, Julie; Harsch, Harold H.; Havas, Nancy; Duthie, Edmund, Jr.; Denson, Kathryn – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2006
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and the Wisconsin Geriatric Education Center (WGEC) are committed to developing educational materials for primary care physicians in training. In response to the opportunity created by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) competency mandate, an MCW-led interdisciplinary working…
Descriptors: Graduate Medical Education, Physicians, Geriatrics, Competency Based Education
Training Physicians To Care for Older Americans: Progress, Obstacles, and Future Directions.
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Reuben, David B.; Beck, John C. – 1994
This background paper, prepared by two members of the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Strengthening the Geriatric Content of Medical Education, addresses the progress made in physicians' geriatric and gerontological education. The report appears in six chapters. After a brief introduction on health care reform and medical education, geriatric…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Educational Gerontology, Geriatrics, Gerontology