Using simulation to explore medical students' understanding of integrated care within geriatrics.

Background: Given the increasing evidence and expansion of integrated care (IC) in healthcare, new IC curricula introduced early in undergraduate medical education (UME) are needed. Building on a pilot IC simulation called "Getting to Know Patients' System of Care" (GPS-Care), we aimed to explore students' understanding of patients' complex physical and mental health needs, and to increase our understanding of how students learned in this simulation.

Methods: 177 of 259 first-year medical students participated in GPS-Care at the University of Toronto.