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Geriatric Education in the Health Professions: Are We Making Progress?

Author(s) -

S. H. Bardach,

Graham D. Rowles

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gns006

Subject(s) - geriatrics , curriculum , competence (human resources) , medicine , medical education , health care , population ageing , incentive , gerontology , population , nursing , psychology , family medicine , political science , pedagogy , social psychology , environmental health , psychiatry , law , economics , microeconomics

Relative to the overall population, older adults consume a disproportionally large percentage of health care resources. Despite advocacy and efforts initiated more than 30 years ago, the number of providers with specialized training in geriatrics is still not commensurate with the growing population of older adults. This contribution provides a contemporary update on the status of geriatric education and explores how geriatric coverage is valued, how geriatric competence is defined, and how students are evaluated for geriatric competencies.

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