Are we teaching our students what they need to know about ageing? Results from the UK National Survey of Undergraduate Teaching in Ageing and Geriatric Medicine

摘要

Learning about ageing and the appropriate management of older patients is important for all doctors. Those >65 years comprise between 15 and 18% of admissions to UK Emergency Departments [1, 2] and two-thirds of acute hospital inpatients in England and Wales and 36% of acute admissions are >65 [3].However, recent changes to postgraduate medical training within the UK [4-6] have resulted in a more streamlined training programme, with the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) stating 'it cannot be assumed that doctors will have further education in Geriatric Medicine after graduation' [7].