Nov 22, 2024
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Catalog 2018-2019
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Catalog 2018-2019
[Archived Catalog]
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OCOM 7035 - Geriatrics
This three-week Geriatrics course introduces Clinical Presentation Curriculum (CPC) students to key concepts essential to caring for older adults. The Block begins by presenting the aging demographic imperative. There are not enough geriatricians to care for this growing segment of the population. Therefore, it is critical that all medical students are trained to meet the needs of older citizens with complicated, overlapping, factors associated with chronic medical conditions. Older adults often have three or more chronic medical conditions, take multiple medications and respond to treatments and medications differently than do younger patients. This block targets these often complicated overlapping factors. An emphasis is placed on understanding the following: aging versus disease; geriatric syndromes and atypical presentation of disease; providing care across the continuum of locations: ambulatory, hospital, assisted living, nursing home, and home; comprehensive geriatric assessment; psychosocial and environmental considerations; pharmacology/prescribing practices; and advance directives.
Course Outcomes
- Introduces key concepts essential to caring for older adults.
- Presents the aging demographic imperative.
- Understanding of psychosocial and environmental considerations.
- Understanding of advance directives.
- Understanding of aging versus disease.
- Understanding of comprehensive geriatric assessment.
- Understanding of geriatric syndromes and atypical presentation of disease.
- Understanding of pharmacology/prescribing practices.
- Understanding of providing care across the continuum of locations: ambulatory, hospital, assisted living, nursing home, and home.
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