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An Innovative Community Geriatrics Elective to Teach Year 4 Medical Students About Nursing Home Care
In Singapore, Geriatrics is core curriculum in medical undergraduate training. Year two medical students are introduced to aging in a four hour program based in a nursing home. In their final year they spend one month in geriatric medicine as part of their 3 month internal medicine posting. In the fourth year there is an elective period of six weeks where they choose postings that they would like to spend time to learn more about the subject. There are 65 NHs in Singapore with 9495 beds as compared to 6 acute hospitals with 7500 beds. The NHs have more patients for students to learn from. The residents are also more stable...
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - February 10, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: David Yong, David Yong, Patricia Lee Tags: Poster Abstracts Source Type: research
