Resumen de Update on Teaching in the Long-Term Care Setting

Gwendolen T. Buhr, Miguel A. Paniagua

• Since the advent of the teaching nursing home, made formal in the 1980s, long-term care has been used to teach geriatric medicine. Despite this, national surveys have indicated a need for more training during residency to facilitate the appropriate care for the frail long-term care patient population. In addition to medical knowledge, the long-term care site is appropriate for teaching the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education's core competencies of "practice-based learning and improvement", "interpersonal and communication skills", and "systems-based practice". Program planners should emphasize opportunities for students to demonstrate their skill in one of these competencies.