Geriatrics for Medical Students
Week 1 Functional Assessment and Falls Resource Materials
- Falls in the Elderly
- Risk factors for mortality among elderly people
- Quality Indicators for the Management and Prevention of Falls and Mobility Problems in Vulnerable Elders
- Fall-Risk Evaluation and Management: Challenges in Adopting Geriatric Care Practices
- Will My Patient Fall?
- What Causes Falls in the Elderly? How Can I Prevent a Fall?
Week 2 Distringuishing between Dementia and Depression Resource Materials
- In the Clinic Dementia
- Early Diagnosis of Dementia
- Distinguishing Clinical Features of Degenerative Dementias
- Dementia in the Older Adult
- Clock Draw Test
- Geriatric Depression Scale Short-Form
- PHQ-9 Depression Assessment
Week 3 Medication Management Resource Materials
- Polypharmacy and Prescribing Quality in Older People
- Randomized Trial to Improve Prescribing Safety in Ambulatory Elderly Patients
- Medication Use Leading to Emergency Department Visits for Adverse Drug Events in Older Adults
- Updating the Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
- Aging Biology and Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology
- AARP Spanish Personal Medication Record
