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of elderly patients ’ concerns in different areasDepartment of Primary Care, Leipzig Medical School, Philipp-Rosenthal-Straße 55, Leipzig 04103, GermanyDuring the past two decades, the life expectancy of eld-erly people has increased in all European countries [1]. Several studies suggest an expansion of the time people will live with multiple diseases and disability at the end of their life [2,3]. Conclusively, the treatment of elderly multimorbid patients will make up a larger part of the clinical work of nearly every medical specialty [4,5]. Fur-thermore, a greater number of trained geriatricians will be needed [5]. Already today there is a shortage of young physicians who decide to take up a career in that area medical students to explore the field of geriatrics [6]. A well-thought-out implementation of the field into the un-dergraduate curriculum seems essential [4-7]. Tullo et al. demonstrated in a current literature review (2010) that a wide range of undergraduate educational interventions in geriatrics potentially improve the respective knowledge, skills and attitudes [7]. We established a mandatory office-based two-week general practice clerkship for all fourth-year medical stu-dents. An (in-home) comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) was implemented as one core component of the clerkship. Because CGAs are designed to cover a broad * Correspondence