Saunders Michèle J, Yeh Chih-Ko, Hou Lein-Tuan, Katz Michael S
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Audie L. Murphy Division, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas 78229-4404, USA.
J Chin Med Assoc. 2005 Dec;68(12):547-56. doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70092-9.
Medical education in geriatrics is an important requirement to ready the profession to provide comprehensive health care to the world's and also Taiwan's aging population. The predoctoral curricula and postdoctoral training programs in the United States were developed and supported by government agencies and professional education societies. Geriatric medical education in American medical schools has improved in the past 20 years, yet is still facing many challenges. The purposes of this paper are to review the current progress of, and propose some main principles and policies for the development of geriatric medical education and current progress in the United States. Geriatric medical education should be mandatory to adequately prepare medical students, residents, fellows, and practicing physicians to treat the elderly. The current progress and practice of geriatric medical education at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio are presented as an example.
老年医学教育是使该专业能够为全球及台湾地区的老年人口提供全面医疗保健服务的一项重要要求。美国的博士前课程和博士后培训项目是由政府机构和专业教育协会开发并支持的。在过去20年里，美国医学院校的老年医学教育有所改善，但仍面临诸多挑战。本文旨在回顾美国老年医学教育的当前进展，并提出一些老年医学教育发展的主要原则和政策以及当前进展情况。老年医学教育应成为强制性要求，以便让医学生、住院医师、研究员和执业医师做好充分准备来治疗老年人。本文以圣安东尼奥德克萨斯大学健康科学中心老年医学教育的当前进展和实践为例进行介绍。
