The testing of such competencies is already covered off because content development test
committees, whose members include physicians with expertise in geriatrics, have input into …

SIR—The review of undergraduate geriatric medical training by Bartram et al. is a timely
evaluation, given the continued change of the care of older people in UK health and social …

It is perhaps inevitable that every specialty within medicine believes that its fundamental
principles should be included in the core undergraduate curriculum and should be …

Objectives To describe the curriculum of a mandatory, fourth‐year geriatrics clerkship and
assess its impact on medical students' knowledge of geriatric medicine and attitudes toward …

Keeping Granny Safe on July 1: A Consensus on Minimum Geriat... : Academic Medicine
Keeping Granny Safe on July 1: A Consensus on Minimum Geriatrics Competencies for …

Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) advocates investment in high-quality
undergraduate education in geriatric medicine as a means of meeting the future needs of …

Abstract Background and Objectives: As the population ages, older adults will make up an
increasing proportion of the practices of most physicians. Because of this, education of …

In 1969, Dr. Robert Butler pub-lished a seminal article describing “another form of bigotry,”
which he termed “ageism.” Ageism, he wrote, reflects “a personal revulsion to and distaste …

Purpose To describe geriatric training initiatives implemented as a result of Reynolds
Foundation grants awarded in 2001 (and concluding in 2005) and evaluate the resulting …

This editorial comments on the Education and Training article by Sehgal et al. in this issue.