Transforming undergraduate education in geriatric medicine

: towards an understanding of best educational practice

Abstract

With a national shortage of specialist geriatricians, we are facing the very imminent reality that we have insufficient workforce to care for an ageing population unless drastic changes are made to medical education and training. Current single-organ and single-disease based models of education and assessment are unfit for purpose, in that they fail to capture the complexities of caring for older people and reinforce negative stereotypes. It is imperative that we look to tomorrow’s doctors, making alterations now to optimise and inspire the future workforce to care for older people with complex needs, recognising that students who receive higher quality undergraduate education in geriatrics have more positive attitudes towards older people and more likely to consider a career as a geriatrician.
My thesis addresses two areas: firstly, I outline my work updating the British Geriatrics Society recommended curriculum for medical undergraduates, providing national guidance on best practice for undergraduate teachi

Date of Award	10 Dec 2024
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	University of Bristol
Supervisor	Emily J Henderson (Supervisor) & Yoav Ben-Shlomo (Supervisor)