López Jorge H, Reyes-Ortiz Carlos A
a Postgrado Especialidad en Geriatría , Universidad Nacional , Bogotá , Colombia.
Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2015;36(1):3-13. doi: 10.1080/02701960.2014.911662. Epub 2014 May 14.
A recent dramatic increase in the elderly population has not been accompanied by a parallel increase in specialized health care professionals in Latin America. The main purpose of this work was to determine the stage of geriatrics teaching for undergraduate and graduate medical levels in Latin America. Using a questionnaire given in person and online, the authors surveyed geriatricians from 16 countries: eight from South America and eight from Central America. Among 308 medical schools, 35% taught undergraduate geriatrics, ranging from none in Uruguay, Venezuela, and Guatemala to 82% in Mexico. The authors identified 36 programs in 12 countries with graduate medical education in geriatrics, ranging from 2 to 5 years of training. The authors conclude that although the population is aging rapidly in Latin American countries, there has been a slow development of geriatrics teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the region.
拉丁美洲老年人口最近急剧增加，但专业医疗保健人员数量却未随之相应增加。这项工作的主要目的是确定拉丁美洲本科和研究生医学阶段老年医学教学的阶段。作者通过当面发放和在线发放问卷的方式，对来自16个国家的老年医学专家进行了调查：8个来自南美洲，8个来自中美洲。在308所医学院校中，35%开设了本科老年医学课程，乌拉圭、委内瑞拉和危地马拉没有开设，而墨西哥的开设比例为82%。作者在12个国家确定了36个老年医学研究生医学教育项目，培训时间从2年到5年不等。作者得出结论，尽管拉丁美洲国家的人口正在迅速老龄化，但该地区本科和研究生阶段的老年医学教学发展缓慢。
