title: Humanities and geriatric education: a strategy for recruitment?
abstract: Ageing is a common subject in arts and literature as it is a universal experience. The use of the humanities in medical education may have a positive effect on trainees' attitude to caring for seniors and on geriatrics as a career choice. This paper summarizes the role of humanities in medical education and provides some examples and thoughts on how humanities curriculum can be used in geriatric teaching.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON;
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
authors.forename: Ruth Elwood
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Martin
keywords: ageing; geriatric education; medical humanities
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