Fifth-year medical students' perceptions of the importance of frailty and competence in assessing, diagnosing and managing frailty before and after a geriatric medicine course.

CONCLUSION: An appropriate curriculum focusing on geriatric health conditions such as frailty can improve senior medical students' perceived importance and competence in assessing, diagnosing and managing frailty.
PMID: 32124560 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - March 1, 2020 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Arakawa Martins B, Jadczak AD, Dollard J, Barrie H, Mahajan N, Tam KL, Visvanathan R Tags: Australas J Ageing Source Type: research