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Submitted October 13, 2024
Published 2026-04-06

Artículos de Investigación

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2008): Revista Médico Científica

GERIATRIC MEDICINE, AN URGENT NEED IN UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL CURRICULUM.


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Published: 2026-04-06

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Cornejo Alemán LM. GERIATRIC MEDICINE, AN URGENT NEED IN UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL CURRICULUM. rmc [Internet]. 2026 Apr. 6 [cited 2026 Oct. 18];21(1):19-24. Available from: https://revistas.up.ac.pa/index.php/revistamedicocientifica/article/view/5930

Abstract

The Republic of Panama is in a threshold of a demographic and epidemiological transition with progressive demands for the health services from a predominantly older adult population. To better health assistance, the training of future physicians responsible for providing care to the older patients should be enhanced with knowledge, abilities and attitudes to serve this special population, trough a core curriculum of geriatric medicine in undergraduate medical education.. Panama structures and teaching resources in community and hospitals are appropriate for make it possible. This article discusses contents, procedures and recommendations’ for these aim in medical literature.

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