To the Editor: Internal medicine residents increasingly choose careers in subspecialty medicine, and older adults will make up a larger proportion of their patients. Furthermore, much work has been done defining quality indicators across medical subspecialties to improve the quality of care delivered ...
During the last year of medical school, students decide which type of medicine they will practice based on factors like personal interests and clinical experience. Those interested in geriatrics will apply for a residency program in this field. Residency training. During graduate medical education, ...
Study of the effects of consultations by internal medicine specialists in the medical care of rest ho... [Mobile geriatric consultant services for rest homes. Study of the effects of consultations by internal medicine specialists in the medical care of rest ... W Schippinger,G Hartinger,A Hier...
Section for Enhancing Geriatric Understanding and Expertise Among Surgical and Medical Specialists (SEGUE) AGS. Retooling for an aging America: building the Healthcare Workforce: a white paper regarding implementation of recommendation 4.2 of this Institute of Medicine Report of April 14, 2008, that “...
toxicity without compromising survival," said senior author of the study, William Dale, M.D., Ph.D., the Arthur M. Coppola Family Chair in Supportive Care Medicine and director of the Center for Cancer and Aging at City of Hope, a cancer research and treatment organization near Los Angeles...
They work collaboratively across the disciplines of surgery, medicine, anaesthesia, allied health professionals and nursing in providing specialist care [5]. It is widely accepted that hospitalised patients following a fragility fracture have highly complex care needs that require a team approach. No ...
What academic internal medicine subspecialists identify as important geriatric learning needs for residents: a pilot study.doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02469.xFawzia HuqDivision of Geriatric Medicine and GerontologyEunMi ParkDivision of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology...
Using a combination of change agent interviews, and an online, national, interprofessional Delphi consultation, 17 such competencies were identified by the participants as relevant to Canadian specialist Geriatric Medicine physicians. Subsequently, a national survey of all 213 Geriatric Medicine specialists ...
Although computer vision techniques have been used widely and very successfully in medicine, the monitoring and identification of patients in nursing homes should take into account the fact that image capture devices cannot always be used to track patients (e.g., hygiene rooms) according to privacy...