Key result
Implementing a 16-session geriatric surgery curriculum increased surgery residents' comfort with multidisciplinary care and recognition of delirium and acute renal failure in elderly patients.
Why the study?
Does a formalized geriatric surgery curriculum improve general surgery residents' comfort and recognition of clinical conditions pertinent to elderly surgical patients?
Population
General surgery residents at an academic medical center
Comparison
A formalized geriatric surgery curriculum… vs Pre-curriculum baseline
Design
Other
Authors
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Curriculum implementation feasible in surgical residency; leaves open effects on resident competence or elderly patient outcomes.
Does a formalized geriatric surgery curriculum improve general surgery residents' comfort and recognition of clinical conditions pertinent to elderly surgical patients?
Implementing a formalized geriatric surgery curriculum for general surgery residents is feasible and improves their comfort with multidisciplinary care and recognition of key geriatric conditions.
Barbas et al. (2014) studied General surgery residents. Formalized geriatric surgery curriculum vs. Pre-curriculum baseline was evaluated on Resident attitudes, comfort with multidisciplinary care, and recognition of clinical conditions pertinent to elderly patients. Implementing a 16-session geriatric surgery curriculum increased surgery residents' comfort with multidisciplinary care and recognition of delirium and acute renal failure in elderly patients.
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