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Elder Specialists: Psychosocial Aspects of Medical Education in Geriatric Care
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McCann-Stone, Nancy; Robinson, Sherry B.; Rull, Gary; Rosher, Richard B. – Educational Gerontology, 2009
This paper describes an Elder Specialist Program developed by one school of medicine to sensitize medical students to geriatric psychosocial issues. Elder Specialists participate in panel discussions as part of each geriatric session. As an alternative to traditional senior mentoring programs, the Elder Specialist Program provides all students a…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Mentors, Older Adults
The Senior Mentor Program at Duke University School of Medicine
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Heflin, Mitchell T. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2006
The Duke University School of Medicine has a unique curriculum in which students complete basic sciences in year 1 and clinical clerkships in year 2, making way for an entire year of independent study in year 3. Into this compact curriculum, education in geriatrics has been successfully introduced through focused exercises and activities…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Mentors, Clinical Experience, Independent Study
Class Mentors: A Step toward Implementing the GPEP Report.
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Lobeck, Charles C.; Stone, Howard L. – Academic Medicine, 1990
The University of Wisconsin Medical School began a class mentor program in 1985 utilizing five senior physician faculty members who attended courses as mentors through four years with the assigned class. Mentors shared practical experience about the subjects being taught. Program response was highly favorable. (GLR)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical School Faculty
APEX: An Experiential Education Program.
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Frankl, Spencer N.; And Others – Journal of Dental Education, 1993
A Boston University (Rhode Island) dental school program allows dental students to intern in dental practices while gaining paid professional work experience. The program has stimulated the dental community to participate in the training process by becoming teachers and mentors to future professionals. Practitioners and students have received it…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, College Faculty, Dental Schools, Experiential Learning
Intensive Short-Term Research Training for Undergraduate, Graduate, and Medical Students: Early Experience with a New National-Level Approach in Geriatric Mental Health
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Halpain, Maureen C.; Jeste, Dilip V.; Trinidad, Geraldine I.; Wetherell, Julie L.; Lebowitz, Barry D. – Academic Psychiatry, 2005
OBJECTIVE: There is an urgent need for research training in psychiatry at early career stages, especially in geriatric psychiatry. The authors describe their first-year experience with the Summer Training in Aging Research Topics--in Mental Health (START-MH), a new federally funded national-level training program intended to offer intensive…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Mentors, Mental Health, Psychiatry
New Directions in the Evolving Design of an Experiential Education Program.
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Frankl, Spencer N.; Boustany, Fred G.; Fournier, Deborah M. – Journal of Dental Education, 1997
Details evolution of a Boston University (Massachusetts) dental school program providing field experience in private practices, community health centers, hospital-based ambulatory health centers, health maintenance organizations, and the school's predoctoral treatment centers. Issues discussed include integration of classroom and field learning,…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Community Services, Curriculum Development, Dental Schools