A case-oriented Web-based curriculum in geriatrics for third-year medical students

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a single-cohort pre/post trial has been carried out to investigate a Web-based geriatrics curriculum for third-year medical students. The curriculum is case-oriented and was rated favorably by the students. Their knowledge in key geriatric topics increased.

Evaluation, Medical students, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Curricula, Web sites (World Wide Web), Web sites, Computer-assisted instruction, Computer assisted instruction, Medical schools

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Preliminary report from the Kansas Hartford Geriatrics Project: a model of community university collaboration in geriatric medicine faculty development

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A preliminary report from the Kansas Hartford Geriatrics Project, a 3-year 9-session program of evening sessions for family physicians and general internists, is presented. The program serves as a model of community-university collaboration for geriatric medicine faculty development. Preliminary results show that the project is successful in recruitment and satisfaction in participants and successful innovation in aging-oriented faculty development. Interactive televideo is a successful innovation.

Kansas, Aged, Elderly, Practice, College faculty, Teaching, Family medicine, Medical school faculty, World Wide Web, John A. Hartford Foundation

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Therapeutic exercise and depressive systems after stroke

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An analysis on the effect of therapeutic exercise on depressive symptoms is presented. The effect of baseline depressive symptoms on the outcomes of therapeutic exercise in stroke survivors, who underwent acute rehabilitation, is also discussed.

Health aspects, Care and treatment, Analysis, Depression, Mental, Depression (Mood disorder), Exercise therapy, Stroke patients

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