Training doctors in perioperative medicine for older people undergoing surgery (POPS): an innovative foundation placement

Sarah Barber; Edward Singleton; Judith Sl Partridge; Jugdeep K Dhesi

doi:10.7861/clinmed.2019-0256

Training doctors in perioperative medicine for older people undergoing surgery (POPS): an innovative foundation placement

Clin Med (Lond). 2019 Nov;19(6):465-467. doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2019-0256.

Authors

Sarah Barber¹, Edward Singleton², Judith Sl Partridge³, Jugdeep K Dhesi⁴

Affiliations

¹ perioperative medicine for older people undergoing surgery (POPS) team, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² perioperative medicine for older people undergoing surgery (POPS) team, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK edward.singleton@doctors.org.uk.
³ perioperative medicine for older people undergoing surgery (POPS) team, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK and honorary senior lecturer, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
⁴ perioperative medicine for older people undergoing surgery (POPS) team, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK and honorary reader, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK and honorary associate professor, Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: Perioperative medicine for older people undergoing surgery (POPS); foundation doctor programme; medical education and training; perioperative medicine.

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Geriatricians* / education
Geriatricians* / organization & administration
Geriatrics* / education
Geriatrics* / organization & administration
Humans
Perioperative Medicine* / education
Perioperative Medicine* / organization & administration