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Community physicians' knowledge on basic health care for elderly persons in Israel — comparing findings from 1996 to 2006
Author(s)	Emily Lubart, Refael Segal, Ruth Mishiev
Journal title	Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 31, no 2, 2010
Pages	pp 174-180
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Health [elderly] ; General practitioners ; Training [welfare work] ; Teaching hospitals ; Social surveys ; Israel.
Annotation	Community physicians should be knowledgeable of basic geriatrics to cope with the challenges posed by the growing number of older patients and their complex needs. A survey of knowledge in basic health care for older people, carried out in Israel by the same departmental team in 1996, revealed that it was insufficient. The authors repeated this survey in 2006, by using the same methodology, namely, a mailed questionnaire sent to 500 randomly sampled community physicians. No significant changes were found after this 10-year period. Likewise, no difference was evidenced between physicians who participated in geriatric training of any kind and those who did not. This lack of change requires health system leaders to coordinate their efforts and develop efficient teaching programmes to prevent similar findings 10 years from now. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-100729206 A
Classmark	CC: QT6: QW: V6: 3F: 7H6
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