Boreham N C
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Alternative concepts of learning include a formal system in which part of the medical curriculum is designated as that for geriatric medicine; a non-formal system including conferences, lectures, broadcasts, available to both medical students and physicians; and thirdly, an informal system in which doctors learn medicine through their experience practising the profession. While the most emphasis in medical schools would seem to be on the formal system it is essential that medical educators (if they wish their students in later life to maintain high levels of self-initiated learning) must use all three strategies. The structure of a system of formal teaching for geriatric medicine is examined. An important objective is attitude change and it is in achieving this that geriatricians must be particularly involved in non-formal and informal systems.
一种正式体系，即医学课程的一部分被指定为老年医学课程；一种非正规体系，包括面向医学生和医生的会议、讲座、广播；以及第三种，一种非正式体系，医生通过从事该职业的实践经验来学习医学。虽然医学院校似乎最强调正式体系，但医学教育工作者（如果他们希望自己的学生在以后的生活中保持高水平的自主学习）必须运用所有这三种策略，这一点至关重要。本文探讨了老年医学正式教学体系的结构。一个重要目标是改变态度，而老年医学专家必须特别参与非正规和非正式体系，才能实现这一目标。
