Evaluating geriatrics in the medical school curriculum: using student journals.
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“I really enjoy the conversations I have with the elderly as part of the Doctoring course, but my comfort in interacting with them as a health care provider is still low...the more exposure I get to the elderly, however, the less averse the idea of working with older patients becomes...the most significant change in my thinking about the elderly was the acknowledgement of a couple of misconceptions...”
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Integrating geriatrics into medical school: student journaling as an innovative strategy for evaluating curriculum.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Medicine and health, Rhode Island
دوره 91 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008