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Geriatric Functional Assessment Standardized Patient Instructor: Medical Student Manual

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Geriatric Functional Assessment Standardized Patient Instructor: Medical Student Manual

University of Michigan Medical School
Author(s):  
Karen Hall, MPH, Mark Supiano, MPH, Brent Williams, MPH
Sponsor: 
Donald W. Reynolds Foundation
POGOe Id: 
18515
Date Posted: 
09/22/2009
Date Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
09/15/2012
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Abstract: 

The Geriatric Functional Assessment Standardized Patient Instructor: Medical Student Manual is used as a reference for the GFA SPI at the University of Michigan Medical School. The manual provides medical students at all levels with focused instruction and references for assessment tools and communication skills used to assess mobility, cognition, and affective disorders in older patients.

Educational objectives: 

Learners should be able to: 1. List the basic activities of daily living and independent activities of daily living. 2. Identify assessment tools useful in detecting impairment in mobility, cognitive impairment, and affective disorders in geriatric patients. 3. List the steps necessary to perform the Timed Up and Go Test, the Mini-Cog screen for dementia, and the Two Question Depression Screening Tool. 4. Identify communication problems in geriatric patients, and strategies to improve communication.

Content Categories: 
Caring for the Older Adult
Intended learner audience: 
Medical Student Clinical
Resident
Learning resource types: 
Case-Based Instruction/Learning
Discipline/specialty: 
Intro to Clinical Medicine/Clinical Skills/Doctoring
Physical Diagnosis
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Suggested Citation:
Karen Hall, Mark Supiano and Brent Williams. Geriatric Functional Assessment Standardized Patient Instructor: Medical Student Manual. POGOe - Portal of Geriatrics Online Education; 2009 Available from: https://pogoe.org/productid/18515