Pearson Grace M E, Ben-Shlomo Yoav, Henderson Emily J
Aging and Movement Research Group, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol Medical School, Canynge Hall, Bristol, BS8 2PN, UK.
Older Persons Unit, Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NG, UK.
Eur Geriatr Med. 2024 Oct;15(5):1533-1540. doi: 10.1007/s41999-024-01055-1. Epub 2024 Sep 24.
There is a mismatch between the healthcare needs of the ageing population worldwide and the amount of education medical students receive in geriatric medicine. In 2014, Mateos-Nozal et al. published a systematic review of all undergraduate education surveys in geriatric medicine-a decade on, it is timely for an up-to-date overview of the state of undergraduate geriatric medicine education globally. In this review, we outline the international evidence in the field, exploring the results of national and multi-national teaching surveys, and discussing the relative strengths and weaknesses of nationally recommended curricula. We set these findings in the context of ageing population demographics, concluding with recommendations for the future of education and educational research in geriatric medicine, that aims to build capacity in the healthcare workforce and improve quality of care for older people.
全球老龄化人口的医疗保健需求与医学生接受的老年医学教育量之间存在不匹配。2014年，马特奥斯 - 诺萨尔等人发表了一篇对所有老年医学本科教育调查的系统综述——十年过去了，现在正是对全球本科老年医学教育状况进行最新概述的时候。在本综述中，我们概述了该领域的国际证据，探讨了国家和多国教学调查的结果，并讨论了国家推荐课程的相对优势和劣势。我们将这些发现置于老龄化人口统计学背景下，最后对老年医学教育和教育研究的未来提出建议，旨在增强医疗保健劳动力的能力并提高老年人的护理质量。
