Undergraduate teaching of geriatric medicine in the United Kingdom: changes in the years 1981-1986

1988 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 498-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. SMITH ◽  
B. O. WILLIAMS
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Geriatric Medicine ◽  
Undergraduate Teaching ◽  
The United Kingdom

Undergraduate education in geriatric medicine

2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mujtaba Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Older People ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Undergraduate Education ◽  
Geriatric Medicine ◽  
Age Group ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The World ◽  
Care For Older People

In the developed, as well as developing countries, there is an immediate challenge to ensure an adequate supply of health professionals trained in providing care for older people to meet the needs of increasing numbers. Currently 20% of the population of the United Kingdom (UK) is over 60 – 12 million people. By 2031 this proportion will be nearly a third – 18.6 million people. The largest increases are anticipated among the over-85 age group, from 0.8 million in 1987 to 1.4 million in 2025. In Europe the number of people aged over 80 years will double within the next 25 to 30 years. It is estimated that there will be more than 1.2 billion elderly people in the world by the year 2025 – three-quarters of them living in the developing countries.

The Acute Care Undergraduate TEaching (ACUTE) Initiative: consensus development of core competencies in acute care for undergraduates in the United Kingdom

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 1627-1633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavin D. Perkins ◽  
Hannah Barrett ◽  
Ian Bullock ◽  
David A. Gabbott ◽  
Jerry P. Nolan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Acute Care ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Undergraduate Teaching ◽  
Consensus Development ◽  
The United Kingdom

scholarly journals Survey of undergraduate teaching of old age psychiatry in the United Kingdom

1993 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 209-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabrielle M. Faire ◽  
Cornelius L. E. Katona
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Undergraduate Teaching ◽  
Undergraduate Training ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
Care Of Elderly ◽  
Joint Report

Old age psychiatry has been steadily developing as a specialty in the United Kingdom. In 1978 the Royal College of Psychiatrists established a specialist section for old age psychiatry, and since October 1989 it has been formally recognised as a sub-specialty of psychiatry. In 1989 the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Psychiatrists published a joint report entitled ‘Care of Elderly People with Mental Illness’ in which recommendations were made about both postgraduate and undergraduate training.

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