Interdisciplinary teamwork and patient/caregiver needs are significantly underrepresented in geriatric core competencies¶

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Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2030: baselines and conditions change

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q2 i? Critical areas such as interdisciplinary teamwork and addressing patient and caregiver needs are significantly underrepresented in the identified geriatric core competencies. → Yang Deng-Chi 2025

Evidence¶

Yang Deng-Chi 2025¶

Yang Deng-Chi, Yu Yung-Chen, Lee Yi-Hsuan, Su Ruei-Ning, Lin Wei-Hung, Lai Pei-Chun. (2025). Geriatric core competencies for non-geriatricians and nurses: a scoping review. BMC Geriatrics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-06806-8

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The review's synthesis across the ten included studies finds that, despite the dominance of patient-care domains, "critical areas, such as interdisciplinary teamwork and addressing patient and caregiver needs, are significantly underrepresented."

"However, critical areas, such as interdisciplinary teamwork and addressing patient and caregiver needs, are significantly underrepresented."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• Only ten studies met inclusion criteria, yielding 257 core competencies across 18 domains — related
• Geriatric core competencies for physicians, medical students, and nurses most frequently cover disease and comorbidities, pharmacologic/medication management, and cognitive/dementia problems — related
• Teams and teamwork is the most frequently developed IPEC core competency in interprofessional education, identified in 65 instances across 62 studies — related