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The European curriculum for geriatric emergency medicine
journal contribution
posted on 2016-11-25, 09:38 authored by A. Bellou, Simon P. Conroy, C. A. GrahamOlder people represent a growing proportion of attendees in Emergency Departments
across Europe. Traditionally Emergency Departments have not focused on care for older
people especially those with frailty. Similarly, geriatric services have not traditionally
focused upon the care of older people in Emergency Departments. This work seeks to
bring together the two disciplines of Geriatric and Emergency Medicine through a defined
and validated curriculum on Geriatric Emergency Medicine.
Domains and items for inclusion in the curriculum were derived through a combination of
literature reviewing and a nominal group workshop. The domains and items underwent
validation using a Delphi technique involving the European Societies of Geriatric and
Emergency Medicine.
In the development stage, 100 individual learning outcomes were identified, reflecting
16 domains; following the stage 2 validation process, 98 items remained. All items were
approved by the relevant EU societies.
In the final validation step, the curriculum was formally approved by the UEMS sections
for Geriatric Medicine and Emergency Medicine (responsible for curriculae in the
respective disciplines).
History
Citation
European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2016, 23 (4), pp. 239-?Author affiliation
/Organisation/COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND PSYCHOLOGY/School of Medicine/Department of Health SciencesVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)