![]() | Minimum Geriatric Competencies - All disciplines |
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“Competency-based education prepares trainees to perform tasks occurring within the context of practice. Teaching to competency differs from traditional instruction. It begins by stating the performance we expect of our graduates in the workplace and then designing the medical school curriculum to prepare our learners to achieve that performance through deliberate practice in applying the underlying knowledge, skills, and attitudes.” As the elderly population in America "booms," medical education must address the issue at hand and modify their curriculum and teaching practices to give credence to geriatric principles within medical care. It is imperative for many reasons (socially, financially, etc.) that we ensure competency in the care of older adults for every physician. To help achieve this lofty goal, the Minimum Geriatric Competencies have been developed for Medical Students and are in the process of being developed for multiple residency disciplines. The files within this product showcase the Medical Student Minimum Geriatric Competencies (published in Academic Medicine, May 1st), Internal Medicine – Family Medicine Resident Minimum Geriatric Competencies (nearing completion), and Emergency Medicine Resident Minimum Geriatric Competencies (in development).
The "Side-by-Side" document shows the progression from Medical Student Competencies into resident education.
The documents included with this product are:
Leipzig R M, Granville L, Simpson D, Brownell Anderson M, Sauvigne K, and Soriano R P. (2009). Keeping granny safe on July 1: Consensus on minimum geriatric competencies for graduating medical students. Academic Medicine, 84, 604–610. Also available at http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2009/05000/Keeping_Gra...
Hogan T M, Losman E D, Carpenter C R, Sauvigne K, Irmiter C, Emanuel L, and Leipzig R M. (2010). Development of geriatric competencies for emergency medicine residents using an expert consensus process. Academic Emergency Medicine, 17(3), 316-324. Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00684.x