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Humanities and Geriatric Education: a Strategy for Recruitment?
Ageing is a common subject in arts and literature as it is a universal experience. The use of the humanities in medical education may have a positive effect on trainees’ attitude to caring for seniors and on geriatrics as a career choice. This paper summarizes the role of humanities in medical educa...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Canadian Geriatrics Society
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4376229/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25825611 http://dx.doi.org/10.5770/cgj.18.137 |
| Sumario: | Ageing is a common subject in arts and literature as it is a universal experience. The use of the humanities in medical education may have a positive effect on trainees’ attitude to caring for seniors and on geriatrics as a career choice. This paper summarizes the role of humanities in medical education and provides some examples and thoughts on how humanities curriculum can be used in geriatric teaching. |
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