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Perspective of emergency specialists and research assistants in Turkey towards geriatric patients status of their education about geriatrics

Asli Turkay Kunt, Ahmet Demircan, Ayfer Keles, Fikret Bildik, Isa Kilicaslan, Mustafa Ramiz Tel.




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Aim: With the increase in the geriatric population, admissions to emergency units are increasing each day. This study aims to determine the perspective and attitudes of emergency specialists towards geriatric patients, and to form a training program for emergency medicine to improve the quality of patient care.
Materials and Methods: We conducted a complementary study designed as a survey. At the end of the study period, the data collected were recorded in SPSS for Windows 15.0 (SPSS Inc.®, Chicago, ABD) program package and statistically analyzed. The Chi-square, Yates corrected chi-square and the Fisher’s exact tests were used in order to define the relationship between the parameters. The level of significance was accepted as p

Key words: Emergency medicine; geriatrics; health services for the elderly; medical education, curriculum






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