Why should medical students study Social Gerontology?
| Autor: | William Yee Seng Tai, Jack Lilly D'Cruz, Labib Hussain, Anthea Tinker, Sebastian Zaidman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Aging
Social gerontology medicine.medical_specialty Population ageing Students Medical education Social Sciences Holistic Health Core curriculum 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Older patients 030502 gerontology Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Curriculum Schools Medical Geriatrics Medical education Education Medical business.industry Teaching Medical school General Medicine United Kingdom Direct instruction Clinical Competence Geriatrics and Gerontology 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Age and Ageing. 45:190-193 |
| ISSN: | 1468-2834 0002-0729 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ageing/afw003 |
| Popis: | The General Medical Council (GMC) provides a core curriculum for all medical degrees in the UK. However, these guidelines do not provide in-depth, specific learning outcomes for the various medical specialties. Recognising our ageing population, the British Geriatrics Society in 2013 published their own supplementary guidelines to encourage and further direct teaching on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine in medical school curricula. Although teaching on Geriatric Medicine, a sub-discipline of Gerontology, has reassuringly increased in UK medical schools, there are convincing arguments for greater emphasis to be placed on the teaching of another sub-discipline: Social Gerontology. Considering the skills and knowledge likely to be gained from the teaching of Social Gerontology, in this paper we argue for the greater universal adoption of its teaching. This would help ensure that the doctors of tomorrow are better equipped to manage more successfully and holistically the growing cohort of older patients. |
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