Development of geriatric competencies for emergency medicine residents using an expert consensus process.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The emergency department (ED) visit rate for older patients exceeds that of all age groups other than infants. The aging population will increase elder ED patient utilization to 35% to 60% of all visits. Older patients can have complex clinical presentations and be resource-intensive. Evidence indicates that emergency physicians fail to provide consistent high-quality care for elder ED patients, resulting in poor clinical outcomes.

Objectives

The objective was to develop a consensus document, "Geriatric Competencies for Emergency Medicine Residents," by identified experts. This is a minimum set of behaviorally based performance standards that all residents should be able to demonstrate by completion of their residency training.

Methods

This consensus-based

SUBMITTER: Hogan TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3221481 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature