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. 2022 Jan 1;13(3):513–528. doi: 10.1007/s41999-021-00595-0

Table 1.

Classification of papers into categories of themes and subthemes

Themes Subthemes Table
Curriculum

Model, design

Implementation

General considerations

Surveys

Supplementary Table 4
Topics

Caregivers

Delirium, depression and dementia

Elder abuse

Falls and frailty

Geriatric psychiatry

Healthy ageing and health promotion

Pain

Palliative care

Pharmacy

Telemedicine

Transitions in care

Other topics

Supplementary Table 5
Teaching methods

Active learning

Ageing game and serious games

Case-based learning

Contact with real patients

Creative arts

E-learning

Elective courses and workshops

Experiential learning

Flipped classroom

Geriatric block

Hidden curriculum

Intergenerational contact

Interprofessional education

Reflective learning / journaling

Research

Senior mentor programmes

Service learning

Simulation and standardised patients

Other or multiple teaching methods

Supplementary Table 6
Teaching settings

Clerkship

Community

Long-term care settings

Home visits

Hospice

Rehabilitation

Supplementary Table 7
Skills

Communication

Empathy

Leadership, moral distress and burnout, professionalism

Supplementary Table 8
Attitudes

Towards ageing, dementia and frailty

Towards Geriatrics

Towards older adults

Supplementary Table 9