Smith R G, Williams B O
Department of Geriatric Medicine, City Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Med Educ. 1988 Nov;22(6):498-500. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1988.tb00792.x.
A follow-up survey of undergraduate teaching of geriatric medicine was carried out in 1986. All 27 clinical medical schools responded. Geriatric medicine is taught to all medical students in 25 and to only a proportion of students in two. Fifty-nine per cent of schools have academic departments teaching for a mean of 89 hours compared with 33 hours in non-academic departments--an overall mean of 68 hours. The subject is taught by various methods with 70% of teaching time spent on bedside clinical instruction. Other aspects of institutional and community care are often covered. The subject is examined in 18 schools. New academic departments are planned at four schools, and an increase in teaching time planned in five. To meet the needs of the population of the next century, reconsideration of curricula in some of the medical schools is recommended.
1986年对老年医学本科教学进行了一次随访调查。所有27所临床医学院都作了回应。25所医学院向所有医学生教授老年医学，另外两所医学院只向部分学生教授。59%的学校设有学术部门，平均授课89小时，而非学术部门平均授课33小时，总体平均授课时间为68小时。该课程采用多种教学方法，70%的教学时间用于床边临床指导。机构护理和社区护理的其他方面也经常涉及。18所学校对该课程进行考核。4所学校计划设立新的学术部门，5所学校计划增加教学时间。为满足下个世纪人口的需求，建议一些医学院重新考虑课程设置。
