Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009

Introduction: in 2008, the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) developed the Recommended Undergraduate Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine. This was subsequently mapped to the second edition of Tomorrows' Doctors (TD2, 2003). Following the publication of the third edition of Tomorrow's Doctors i...

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Main Authors: Forrester-Paton, Calum, Forrester-Paton, Jayne, Gordon, Adam L., Mitchell, Hannah K., Bracewell, Nicola, Mjojo, Jocelyn, Masud, Tahir, Gladman, John R.F., Blundell, Adrian
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author Forrester-Paton, Calum
Forrester-Paton, Jayne
Gordon, Adam L.
Mitchell, Hannah K.
Bracewell, Nicola
Mjojo, Jocelyn
Masud, Tahir
Gladman, John R.F.
Blundell, Adrian
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Forrester-Paton, Jayne
Gordon, Adam L.
Mitchell, Hannah K.
Bracewell, Nicola
Mjojo, Jocelyn
Masud, Tahir
Gladman, John R.F.
Blundell, Adrian
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description Introduction: in 2008, the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) developed the Recommended Undergraduate Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine. This was subsequently mapped to the second edition of Tomorrows' Doctors (TD2, 2003). Following the publication of the third edition of Tomorrow's Doctors in 2009 (TD3), the mapping exercise was repeated to verify the extent to which the updated General Medical Council recommendations supported teaching in ageing and geriatric medicine. Method: we analysed TD3 and identified 48 aspects of its general guidance that were relevant to the teaching of medicine for older people. We then mapped these to the 2009 BGS curriculum. Results: the BGS curriculum was supported in full by TD3. However, learning outcomes relating to the interpretation and conduct of research in TD3 had no corresponding outcomes in the BGS curriculum. Conclusion: the BGS curriculum for medical undergraduates continues to provide a specific and complete list of learning objectives, all of which could help to operationalise the general statements made in TD3 with relation to ageing and geriatric medicine. Learning outcomes in research in frail older patients have been added following this mapping exercise.
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spelling nottingham-408732020-05-04T16:45:17Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40873/ Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009 Forrester-Paton, Calum Forrester-Paton, Jayne Gordon, Adam L. Mitchell, Hannah K. Bracewell, Nicola Mjojo, Jocelyn Masud, Tahir Gladman, John R.F. Blundell, Adrian Introduction: in 2008, the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) developed the Recommended Undergraduate Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine. This was subsequently mapped to the second edition of Tomorrows' Doctors (TD2, 2003). Following the publication of the third edition of Tomorrow's Doctors in 2009 (TD3), the mapping exercise was repeated to verify the extent to which the updated General Medical Council recommendations supported teaching in ageing and geriatric medicine. Method: we analysed TD3 and identified 48 aspects of its general guidance that were relevant to the teaching of medicine for older people. We then mapped these to the 2009 BGS curriculum. Results: the BGS curriculum was supported in full by TD3. However, learning outcomes relating to the interpretation and conduct of research in TD3 had no corresponding outcomes in the BGS curriculum. Conclusion: the BGS curriculum for medical undergraduates continues to provide a specific and complete list of learning objectives, all of which could help to operationalise the general statements made in TD3 with relation to ageing and geriatric medicine. Learning outcomes in research in frail older patients have been added following this mapping exercise. Oxford University Press 2014-03-06 Article PeerReviewed Forrester-Paton, Calum, Forrester-Paton, Jayne, Gordon, Adam L., Mitchell, Hannah K., Bracewell, Nicola, Mjojo, Jocelyn, Masud, Tahir, Gladman, John R.F. and Blundell, Adrian (2014) Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009. Age and Ageing, 43 (3). pp. 436-439. ISSN 1468-2834 undergraduate medical education curriculum geriatrics medical education older people https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/ageing/afu024 doi:10.1093/ageing/afu024 doi:10.1093/ageing/afu024
spellingShingle undergraduate medical education
curriculum
geriatrics
medical education
older people
Forrester-Paton, Calum
Forrester-Paton, Jayne
Gordon, Adam L.
Mitchell, Hannah K.
Bracewell, Nicola
Mjojo, Jocelyn
Masud, Tahir
Gladman, John R.F.
Blundell, Adrian
Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009
title Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009
title_full Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009
title_fullStr Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009
title_full_unstemmed Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009
title_short Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009
title_sort undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the british geriatrics society undergraduate curriculum to tomorrow's doctors 2009
topic undergraduate medical education
curriculum
geriatrics
medical education
older people
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