Clinical Education in Geriatrics

Judith L. Howe is a Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, USA, and the Editor-in-Chief of Gerontology and Geriatrics Education. She has directed a number of interprofessional education and training programs and has served in national leadership positions in the field of gerontological education.Thomas V. Caprio is a Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics, Dentistry, Clinical Nursing, and Public Health Sciences at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY, USA. He serves as director of the Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center and is the Associate Editor for Clinical Education in Geriatrics for Gerontology and Geriatrics Education.

• Foreword – Clinical Education in Geriatrics: Innovative and Trusted Approaches Leading Workforce Transformation in Making Health Care More Age-Friendly 1. A problem-based learning curriculum in geriatrics for medical students 2. The development and evaluation of mini-GEMs – short, focused, online e-learning videos in geriatric medicine 3. Resident learning across the full range of core competencies through a transitions of care curriculum 4. Development and preliminary evaluation of the resident coordinated-transitional care (RCTraC) program: A sustainable option for transitional care education 5. Geriatrics fellowship training and the role of geriatricians in older adult cancer care: A survey of geriatrics fellowship directors 6. Geriatric education utilizing a palliative care framework 7. Improving health care student attitudes toward older adults through educational interventions: A systematic review 8. Effect of short-term research training programs on medical students’ attitudes toward aging 9. Medical students’ reflections of a posthospital discharge patient visit 10. Medical student reflections on geriatrics: Moral distress, empathy, ethics and end of life 11. Addressing sexual health in geriatrics education

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