A model for teaching medical students ambulatory care geriatrics.
Several recent articles have called attention to the negative attitudes which are fostered by teaching geriatrics primarily in a long-term care facility. A transportable model has been developed using a multidisciplinary team for teaching ambulatory care geriatrics in a clinic within a congregate housing facility. This model has contributed to more positive attitudes towards geriatrics health care on the part of the students.
Marion
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Department of Family and Community Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27103.
Celestino
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D000553:Ambulatory Care; D003479:Curriculum; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans