Training doctors in perioperative medicine for older people undergoing surgery (POPS): an innovative foundation placement.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Barber, Sarah; Singleton, Edward; Partridge, Judith S. L.; Dhesi, Jugdeep K.
- Source
- Clinical Medicine. Nov2019, Vol. 19 Issue 6, p465-466. 3p.
- Subject
- *ELDER care
*GERIATRIC assessment
*CLINICAL competence
*COMMUNICATION
*COMMUNITY health services
*HEALTH care teams
*LENGTH of stay in hospitals
*OUTPATIENT services in hospitals
*JOB satisfaction
*LONGEVITY
*MEDICAL education
*PATIENTS
*QUALITY assurance
*SURGERY
*TEAMS in the workplace
*EVIDENCE-based medicine
*DECISION making in clinical medicine
*HUMAN services programs
*EVALUATION of human services programs
*PERIOPERATIVE care
SURGICAL complication risk factors
- Language
- ISSN
- 1470-2118
The article discusses the perioperative training program for older people undergoing surgery (POPS) as of 2019. It states that the POPS foundation placement delivers on core foundation and specialty-specific training, and promotes skills on delivering whole patient medicine. Also noted are the POPS perioperative training program's modular structure, and competencies and generic capabilities/transferable skills.