Kappelman M M, Bartnick L A, Cahn B, Rapoport M I
J Med Educ. 1981 Jun;56(6):467-77. doi: 10.1097/00001888-198106000-00002.
Recognizing the consistent increase in the numbers of Americans age 65 and over, medical educators must prepare their students to provide quality health care to the geriatric population in order to meet future medical needs adequately. The University of Maryland School of Medicine, in cooperation with the five other campus professional schools, is striving to meet this challenge with a comprehensive, interdisciplinary geriatric training program for students entering the health care professions. The curriculum model includes discipline-specific and interdisciplinary basic minimum competencies for providing satisfactory geriatric care associated with a variety of curriculum processes designed to assure students' realization of these competencies. The educational process as presented is offered as a potential operational model for medical educators interested in the development of geriatric curriculum design.
认识到65岁及以上美国人数量的持续增长，医学教育工作者必须让他们的学生做好准备，为老年人群提供高质量的医疗保健，以便充分满足未来的医疗需求。马里兰大学医学院与其他五个校区的专业学院合作，正在努力通过为进入医疗保健行业的学生提供全面的跨学科老年医学培训计划来应对这一挑战。课程模式包括提供令人满意的老年护理所需的特定学科和跨学科基本最低能力，以及各种旨在确保学生实现这些能力的课程流程。所呈现的教育过程为有兴趣开展老年医学课程设计的医学教育工作者提供了一个潜在的操作模式。
