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Newsletters

March 26, 2012
CGS Newsletter - Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2012
December 22, 2011
CGS Newsletter - Volume 1, Issue 2, December 2011
July 25, 2011
CGS Newsletter - Volume 1, Issue 1, August 2011

News

May 14, 2012
"The Need for Geriatrics" and "The Pareto Principle Doesn't Make You an Expert"

The Canadian Geriatrics Society has written two articles as a rebuttal to the Annals of Internal Medicine article entitled "In the Balance: Is Geriatric Medicine Terminally Ill?":

Click on the link and scroll down to find these two articles:

“The Need for Geriatrics" by Philip D St John, Chris MacKnight, Roger Wong, David Hogan, Pam Jarrett, Jose Morais, and Ken Madden.

“The Pareto Principle Doesn't Make You an Expert” by Kenneth M. Madden and Kenneth Rockwood.

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May 1, 2012
“Time to end ageism in medical education” by Nathan Stall
April 30, 2012
8th EUGMS Congress in BRUSSELS 2012

Early Bird Deadline: June 16, 2012!

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For the next 6 months the members section will be developed to connect members and to provide online CPD including geriatric journal club, a CME journal, and other content. After this period the CPD material will be available to members on this password protected part of the CGS website.

 

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