Six Things All Medical Students Need to Know About Geriatric Psychiatry (and How To Teach Them)

Acad Psychiatry. 2017 Oct;41(5):693-700. doi: 10.1007/s40596-017-0691-7. Epub 2017 Mar 2.

Authors

Kirsten M Wilkins¹, Mary C Blazek², William B Brooks³, Susan W Lehmann⁴, Dennis Popeo⁵, Deborah Wagenaar⁶

Affiliations

¹ Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. kirsten.wilkins@yale.edu.
² University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
³ University of South Alabama School of Medicine, Mobile, AL, USA.
⁴ Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁵ New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
⁶ Michigan State University Colleges of Human and Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA.

PMID: 28255854
DOI: 10.1007/s40596-017-0691-7

No abstract available

Keywords: Dementia; Geriatric Psychiatry; Medical School Curriculum; Medical Student; Undergraduate Medical Education.

MeSH terms

Aged
Curriculum*
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Geriatric Assessment / methods
Geriatric Psychiatry / education*
Humans
Mental Disorders / epidemiology
Specialization
Students, Medical / psychology*