Michel J P, Forette F
Ann Med Interne (Paris). 1995;146(7):471-4.
Chiefs of American University medical departments met with their geriatrician counterparts, in order to define the role of Geriatrics within the discipline of Internal Medicine. Options for pregraduate training, practical courses during the period of study and specific teaching during specialization or during further education were carefully chosen. Fundamental and clinical research is considered indispensable, for this alone will permit the dawning of "Centres of excellence" in Geriatrics, which will be the guarantee of a training that has been rendered necessary by demographic and public health considerations.
美国各大学医学系主任与老年医学同行会面，以界定老年医学在内科学学科中的作用。研究生前培训的选项、学习期间的实践课程以及专科培训或继续教育期间的特定教学都经过了精心挑选。基础研究和临床研究被认为是必不可少的，因为只有这样才能催生出老年医学领域的“卓越中心”，而这将保证基于人口统计学和公共卫生考量而变得必要的培训得以实施。
