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Teaching CGA

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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

Part of the book series: Practical Issues in Geriatrics ((PIG))

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Teaching comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a demanding task which encompasses several levels of difficulty. These include conveying knowledge on the importance of both communication with older persons and technical skills. In this chapter, minimum geriatric competencies needed to perform the CGA as well as methods of design, plan and evaluation of teaching are presented.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

    Regina Elisabeth Roller

  2. Ageing Clinical Research, Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Maria Cristina Polidori

  3. Institute for Biomedicine of Aging, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

    Katrin Singler

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Correspondence to Maria Cristina Polidori .

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  1. Geriatric Care, Orthogeriatrics and Rehab, Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy

    Alberto Pilotto

  2. Dept. of Aging and Health, St. Thomas Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    Finbarr C. Martin

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Roller, R.E., Polidori, M.C., Singler, K. (2018). Teaching CGA. In: Pilotto, A., Martin, F. (eds) Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. Practical Issues in Geriatrics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62503-4_15

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