MED 4690 Geriatric Medicine
This rotation provides in-depth exposure to geriatric medicine and gerontology by working closely with faculty and residents. Students may take part in nursing home care, physician house call, and outpatient geriatric evaluation. Goals: At the end of this elective, senior students will be able create differential diagnoses of common problems affecting the elderly, perform geriatric outpatient assessments, evaluate mental status alterations in the elderly, develop diagnostic and management plans for their assigned patients, and ultimately develop a rational initial approach to caring for elderly patients in the future (prior to referring patients to geriatrics specialist). Unique Objectives: Correctly interpret laboratory results and radiographic procedures to optimize care on their assigned patients. Develop a rationale approach to prescribing drugs in the elderly. Attain fund of knowledge and skills to enable the students to work-up and care for elderly patients who present with dementia, depression, incontinence, falls, polypharmacy, end- of-life issues, and other common disease affecting the elderly
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Veteran Affairs Medical Center (DCVA) - Washington, D.C.