RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Competencies required for the practice of geriatric medicine as a consultant physician
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 1045
OP 1048
VO 141
IS 10
A1 R. A. Fox
A1 A. M. Clarfield
A1 D. B. Hogan
YR 1989
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/141/10/1045.abstract
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.