PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - R. A. Fox
AU  - A. M. Clarfield
AU  - D. B. Hogan
TI  - Competencies required for the practice of geriatric medicine as a consultant physician
DP  - 1989 Nov 15
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 1045--1048
VI  - 141
IP  - 10
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/141/10/1045.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/141/10/1045.full
SO  - CMAJ1989 Nov 15; 141
AB  - Geriatric medicine in Canada is now being viewed not merely as an academic specialty but, rather, more broadly as a service specialty providing consulting support to other physicians. Any redesigning of training programs will have to be done with this fact in mind. We drew up a list of competencies required for consultant practice in the field and presented them to other practitioners of geriatric medicine and members of the Canadian Society of Geriatric Medicine for feedback. We believe that the resulting list of competencies can be used as a starting point for redesigning training programs in geriatric medicine.