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What is meant by “frailty” in undergraduate medical education? A national survey of UK Medical Schools.

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All UK medical schools are required to include frailty in their curriculum. The term is open to interpretation and associated with negative perceptions. Understanding and recognising frailty is a prerequisite for consideration of frailty in the treatment decision-making process across clinical specialities. The aim of this survey was to describe how frailty has been interpreted and approached in UK undergraduate medical education and provide examples of educational strategies employed.

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All UK medical schools were invited to complete an electronic survey. Schools described educational strategies used to teach and assess frailty and provided frailty-related learning outcomes. Learning Outcomes were grouped into categories and mapped to the domains of Outcomes for Graduates (knowledge, skills and values).

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Journal Article published March 2021.

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Contributed by: WE-R NHS (Workforce and Education Research NHS)
Authored by: Tom Levett
Helen Johnson
Harm Van Marwijk
Duncan Shrewsbury
Juliet Wright
Muna Al-Jawad
Rebecca Winter
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Last updated: 30 April 2024
First contributed: 28 September 2023
Audience access level: General user

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