Development and Implementation of a Formalized Geriatric Surgery Curriculum for General Surgery Residents

被引：16

作者：

Barbas, Andrew ^{[1
]}

Haney, John ^{[1
]}

Henry, Brandon ^{[1
]}

Heflin, Mitchell ^{[2
]}

Lagoo, Sandhya ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Duke Univ, Dept Surg, DUMC Box 3884, Durham, NC 27710 USA

[2] Duke Univ, Dept Med, Durham, NC 27710 USA

来源：

GERONTOLOGY & GERIATRICS EDUCATION | 2014年 / 35卷 / 04期

关键词：

geriatric curriculum; geriatric education; graduate medical education; medical residents;

D O I：

10.1080/02701960.2013.879444

中图分类号：

G40 [教育学];

学科分类号：

040101 ; 120403 ;

摘要：

Despite the growth of the elderly population, most surgical training programs lack formalized geriatric education. The authors' aim was to implement a formalized geriatric surgery curriculum at an academic medical center. Surgery residents were surveyed on attitudes toward the care of elderly patients and the importance of various geriatric topics to daily practice. A curriculum consisting of 16 didactic sessions was created with faculty experts moderating. After curriculum completion, residents were surveyed to assess curriculum impact. Residents expressed increased comfort in accessing community resources. A greater percentage of residents recognized the significance of delirium and acute renal failure in elderly patients. Implementing a geriatric surgery curriculum geared toward surgery residents is feasible and can increase resident comfort with multidisciplinary care and recognition of clinical conditions pertinent to elderly surgical patients. This initiative also provided valuable experience for geriatric surgery curriculum development.

引用

页码：380 / 394

页数：15

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