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Can Internal Medicine Residents Be Better Prepared to Care for Their Older Patients?

1997; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 18; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1300/j021v18n01_02

1545-3847

Joshua Chodosh, Paul R. Katz, Gary Kochersberger, William J. Hall,

Innovations in Medical Education

Abstract General internists will continue to provide an ever increasing focus on the care of older adults, but this must be supported by an increase in the quantity and quality of geriatric specific training. The curriculum of general internal medicine residencies requires attention to the development of appropriate attitudes and skills necessary for the care of older patients. Promoting skills in effective communication and assessment is central to achieving success in this endeavor. Continuity ambulatory training sites are environments where this can be accomplished but will require increased direct involvement of geriatric trained educators. The mandate for such training is clear, but fraught with limitations in time and number of geriatrician clinician educators. Utilizing geriatricians as continuity preceptors for medical residents as a means to further integrate geriatric specific teaching into the overall curriculum is a model presented here and is potentially applicable in a number of settings.