title: Electives in geriatric medicine.
abstract: A postal survey of medical schools in the United Kingdom has been undertaken to estimate the extent to which students undertake elective periods or topic/project work in geriatric medicine. In approximately half the schools, who completed the questionnaire (80%), at least one student had undertaken an elective in geriatric medicine in the previous year. Opportunities for topic work were available in nearly all schools and in half of these topic/project work was undertaken by all or some students.
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education*; D006113:United Kingdom