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Assessing geriatrics content in undergraduate medical education — two different approaches
Author(s)	G Paul Eleazer, Michelle Liken, Victor A Hirth
Journal title	Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 24, no 3, 2004
Pages	pp 1-8
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Ageing process ; Health [elderly] ; Curricula ; Teaching hospitals ; Evaluation ; United States of America.
Annotation	Most US medical schools do not have a separate course in geriatrics, but rather incorporate geriatrics into existing courses. Tracking and assessing curriculum content is more difficult in this setting. This paper describes and compares two approaches to assess curriculum content in geriatrics: a survey of course directors, and a course objectives review. The results suggest that course directors report more geriatric content when asked as part of a regular survey than they identify as specific course objectives. Course objectives may be more reflective of the actual emphasis placed on ageing-related material in courses. These two approaches appear to be complementary. Medical educators may find both self-report and course objective analysis to be useful and complementary in tracking geriatric material in the undergraduate medical curriculum. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040622209 A
Classmark	BG: CC: V9C: V6: 4C: 7T
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