Blundell Adrian, Gordon Adam, Gladman John, Masud Tahir
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust, King's Mill Hospital, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2009;30(1):75-88. doi: 10.1080/02701960802690324.
There has been recent international concern that the teaching of geriatrics may be in decline. Research has suggested that support for geriatrics in national undergraduate curricula is the key to effective delivery of teaching in the specialty. We set out to determine the geriatric medicine content in the U.K. generic curriculum, reviewing this in the context of the international guidance available on undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine. Ten learning outcomes from the U.K. generic curriculum were identified as being relevant to geriatric medicine. The domains of learning and actual learning outcomes were similar among the specialty curricula from different countries. Expert-judge consultation revealed general satisfaction that these outcomes were adequate in depth and scope. Our findings show the U.K. generic curriculum supports the learning outcomes suggested in the specialty undergraduate curricula in geriatrics providing additional weight to calls for a comprehensive review of undergraduate teaching in geriatrics. This process of validating specialty curricula against national guidelines might be usefully replicated in other countries.
近期，国际上对老年医学教学可能出现衰退表示担忧。研究表明，国家本科课程中对老年医学的支持是该专业有效开展教学的关键。我们着手确定英国通用课程中的老年医学内容，并结合国际上关于老年医学本科教学的指导意见对此进行审查。确定了英国通用课程中的10项学习成果与老年医学相关。不同国家的专业课程在学习领域和实际学习成果方面相似。专家评审咨询显示，总体上对这些成果在深度和广度上的充分性感到满意。我们的研究结果表明，英国通用课程支持老年医学专业本科课程中提出的学习成果，这进一步支持了对老年医学本科教学进行全面审查的呼声。在其他国家，或许可以有效地效仿这种对照国家指南验证专业课程的过程。
