At Brown University medical school in Providence, students discuss why the organs of their cadavers look different from their own. They spend hours studying how the brain ages. They practice physical examinations on residents of an assisted living complex. And even in obstetrics and gynecology, they learn about problems affecting seniors.
The new emphasis on aging is part of a wave of change sweeping medical schools nationwide as they focus - many for the first time - on preparing all newly minted doctors to treat the growing population of older Americans. Although students have traditionally trained in hospitals filled with older patients, many graduated with little knowledge of how elderly patients' bodies and minds differ from younger ones.
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