Teaching geriatrics at undergraduate level and the European undergraduate curriculum in geriatric medicine at medical faculties as recommended by UEMS-Geriatric Medicine Section.

Czech version

Authors: Prof. MUDr. Eva Topinková, CSc.; MUDr. Pavla Mádlová
Authors‘ workplace: Geriatrická klinika 1. LF UK a VFN Praha
Published in: Geriatrie a Gerontologie 2014, 3, č. 2: 95-99
Category: Education

Overview

The aging of the population and increasing numbers of elderly people in the society call for complex solutions. In the area of healthcare i.e. age-related health problems, maintenance of health, the organization and quality of healthcare services, etc., knowledgeable approach on the part of pro-perly educated health professionals is a necessity. Therefore educational programs for individual healthcare professions must be structured accordingly, particularly medicine study programmes for future physicians. In the article we present a new educational programme for geriatric medicine for medical students developed by the UEMS - Geriatric Medicine Section and supported by the Czech Gerontological and Geriatric Society, Czech Medical Association which should be introduced into curriculum at every medical faculty in the Czech Republic

Keywords:
undergraduate education – geriatrics – UEMS-Geriatric Medicine Section curriculum

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