TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving dementia care through physician education
T2 - Some challenges
AU - Boise, Linda
N1 - Funding Information:
Linda Boise is Assistant Professor of Neurology and Director of Education, Layton Aging & Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR. Address correspondence to: Linda Boise, PhD, MPH, Oregon Health and Sciences University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road (CR131), Portland, OR 97239 (E-mail: boisel@ohsu.edu). This paper was supported in part by NIA grant # P30 AGO 8017.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Most of the estimated 4.5 million Americans who currently suffer from Alzheimer's disease are cared for by primary care physicians rather than geriatric or other specialists. Although clinical practice guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations for diagnosing and managing dementia, a number of barriers prevent their implementation in the primary care setting. These barriers include the nature of dementing illness which make its symptoms difficult to recognize and respond to, time and other constraints in the primary care setting, and physician attitudes. As well as presenting sound evidence-based knowledge, effective medical education programs must use effective educational approaches and must seek strategies to overcome these barriers.
AB - Most of the estimated 4.5 million Americans who currently suffer from Alzheimer's disease are cared for by primary care physicians rather than geriatric or other specialists. Although clinical practice guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations for diagnosing and managing dementia, a number of barriers prevent their implementation in the primary care setting. These barriers include the nature of dementing illness which make its symptoms difficult to recognize and respond to, time and other constraints in the primary care setting, and physician attitudes. As well as presenting sound evidence-based knowledge, effective medical education programs must use effective educational approaches and must seek strategies to overcome these barriers.
KW - Alzheimer's disease
KW - Dementia
KW - Medical education
KW - Primary care physicians
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U2 - 10.1300/J018v29n02_02
DO - 10.1300/J018v29n02_02
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33744961973
SN - 0731-7115
VL - 29
SP - 3
EP - 10
JO - Clinical Gerontologist
JF - Clinical Gerontologist
IS - 2
ER -