The Portal of Geriatrics Online Education

University of Texas Medical School at Houston

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TEXAS 3rd Year Medical Clerkship Teacher Guide

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Date Posted: 
12/31/1969
Date Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
12/31/1969
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Estimated time to complete: 
2
Abstract: 

The TEXAS Medical Guide Clerkship Program Teacher's Manual is written to help geriatric preceptors enable medical students to practice effectively in a clinical setting. Medical students often have difficulty synthesizing multiple components of their education to formulate a patient's comprehensive medical plan of care. Specifically, this manual will help to fill training gaps in caring for older adult patients, many of whom have complex medical problems influenced by social situations that must be addressed differently than younger patients. The manual is based on the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) geriatric competencies, clinician experience and evidence-based research. 

Educational objectives: 

This teacher manual will provide didactic modules that can be used to address the following geriatric topics:

  1. Common Geriatric Syndromes
  2. Elder Abuse and Mistreatment
  3. Polypharmacy
  4. Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias
  5. Social Isolation
Date posted: 
Thu, 08/29/2013
Date Submitted or Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
Thu, 08/29/2013
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Choose Your Own Differential Diagnosis: A Mrs. Porter Activity

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Date Posted: 
12/31/1969
Date Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
12/31/1969
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1
Abstract: 

This activity, resembling a “Choose Your Own Adventure” book is a clinical reasoning/critical thinking exercise for students interested to learn more about identifying the potential differential diagnoses of a geriatric patient. The activity provides the learner with the social and medical history of Mrs. Porter and her chief complaint during a routine visit to her physician, Dr. Pat, to obtain a medication refill. The learner is then asked to determine three potential differential diagnoses for Mrs. Porter's chief complaint. The three potential differential diagnoses are explored, with a preferred and an unfavorable plan of care presented for each diagnosis. The overall goal of the activity is to provide the learner with an understanding of a thorough examination of a geriatric patient in order to provide quality health care. 

Educational objectives: 

On completion, the learner will be able to:

  1. Identify differential diagnoses for a unique presentation of a common older adult patient condition.
  2. Identify a geriatric patient's social and medical history to develop a comprehensive treatment plan.
  3. Generate a preferred plan of care for each differential diagnosis.
Additional information/Special implementation requirements or guidelines: 

This activity is formatted as a fillable PDF file.

 

Publications from, presentations from, and/or citations to this product: 

Presented as part of "Write Your Own Medical Adventure: Infusing Critical Thnking into Medical Education Curriculum" at the 2012 Reynolds Grantee 10th Annual Meeting, October 22, 2012.

Date posted: 
Tue, 04/23/2013
Date Submitted or Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
Tue, 04/23/2013
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Mental Health and Older Adults

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Date Posted: 
12/31/1969
Date Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
12/31/1969
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Estimated time to complete: 
1
Abstract: 

This lecture will help identify challenges to older adult patients and families coping with chronic mental illness. Information on how to differentiate between late life schizophrenia, depression, and other psychotic disorders and/or comorbidities is provided. Intervention plans are discussed to help care for older adult patients with depression who are at risk of suicide, or who have hallucinations, delusions or other communication problems. This lecture provides in-depth education for depression management, including medications, complimentary therapies, and pscychotherapy.

Educational objectives: 

This lecture will:

  1. Increase knowledge of depression, late life schizophrenia and other chronic psychotic diseases
  2. Explore the presence/absence of suicidal ideation in depressed patients
  3. Discuss comorbidities causing psychotic illness
  4. Illustrate challenges and management options for patients with psychiatric symptoms, including hallucinations, delusions, and communication impairments
Date posted: 
Mon, 05/13/2013
Date Submitted or Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
Mon, 05/13/2013
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and . Mental Health and Older Adults. POGOe - Portal of Geriatrics Online Education; 2013 Available from: https://pogoe.org/taxonomy/term/1236

Caring Across the Continuum: Mrs. Porter Age 88

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Date Posted: 
12/31/1969
Date Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
12/31/1969
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Estimated time to complete: 
1
Abstract: 

Caring Across the Continuum: An Aging Virtual Patient Series. Case Four: Mrs. Porter Age 88 - Introduction to Palliative Care. This case, the fourth in a four-part series about the virtual patient, Mrs. Porter, introduces the learner to palliative care and hospice concepts and is set in an Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) Unit.  Mrs. Porter has become less mobile, weak and is depressed. She has become more confused and has unintentionally lost 12 pounds since her last visit with Dr. Pat three months ago. Concepts included in this case are conducting a functional and nutritional assessment; setting goals of care; conducting a family conference; discussing Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders; discussing a hospice referral;  and, recognition of the interprofessional practitioners’ contributions to patient care.The case concludes with a home hospice care order for Mrs. Porter. The learner is asked to write a discharge summary for Geriatric Failure to Thrive, taking into account all the details in the case example of Mrs. Porter's family meeting with the interprofessional team.

Educational objectives: 

On completion of Case Four: Mrs. Porter Age 88, students will be able to:

  1. Recognize the clinical presentation of malnutrition
  2. Identify common contributing factors of malnutrition in older adults
  3. Define palliative care
  4. Identify at least three characteristics of palliative care
  5. Define general hospice criteria and criteria for failure to thrive/debility
  6. Demonstrate the ability to express the relative risks and benefits of treatment options
  7. Identify the key steps in conducting a family meeting;
  8. Describe strategies for working with families when there is disagreement or indecision
  9. Document a complete summary of the family conference
Additional information/Special implementation requirements or guidelines: 

This product is one part of a short series consisting of the following products:

As an innovative, virtual learning series, this web-based series of cases spans the 21-year relationship of care between geriatrician Dr. Patricia Thompson and her patient, Mrs. Alice Porter. This virtual learning experience for medical students, based on the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) competencies, is designed to pique interest and enhance knowledge and skills in the care of older adults. The web-based learning environment provides students the unique opportunity to observe and interact with Mrs. Porter, in an ongoing doctor-patient relationship, outside of the traditional classroom setting. The series exposes students to the importance of continuity of patient care, since each case correlates to a different year of medical school education. As the medical student advances in their curriculum, Mrs. Porter continues to age, requiring more complex care and further application of critical thinking skills from the student. Each case has a unique focus that targets key geriatric and/or palliative concepts appropriate to the level of the student that can easily be embedded into existing medical school courses.

The virtual cases allow students to explore approaches to the patient; observe model clinician-patient interactions; choose practice techniques; offer health promotion, palliative counseling, and patient counseling; and contemplate complex ethical decisions regarding the care of the patient in an innocuous, self-paced, virtual environment. The embedded natural language system in each case offers an opportunity to pose real-world questions and problems to the learner, with the goal of eliciting critical thinking skills and reflective learning.

The series offers a readily available complementary assignment to the classroom and clinical experience. The self-paced case studies contain video animation, an interactive electronic medical record, Geriatric Gems and Palliative Pearls, natural language style critical thinking, clinical reasoning and clinical judgment learning activities, and evidence-based expert explanations. Evaluative tools include a pre and post quiz and rubric-scored natural language short answer and essay questions. The natural language system provides hints to the students and evaluates their responses based on the information they provide. Student actions and choices are captured for formative evaluation, as well as to provide student feedback.

The virtual patient system is a web-based application that runs on Windows Server, running IIS with ASP enabled within IIS. The project database is Microsoft Access.

The first time you explore a case, you will need to register. There is a "Register" button at the bottom of the login form. Click this button to register or to have your password sent to the email address you entered when you registered.

On the popup registration form, you will need to enter an ID and a password. Your ID can be anything you wish. You can use the same User ID and password for any of the four cases. All of the other fields are optional. (The email field is optional. If you don't enter an email address when you register, the system can't send you your password and/or ID if you forget them.)

Publications from, presentations from, and/or citations to this product: 

Using a Virtual Patient to Teach the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment to Medical Students. Poster presented February 24, 2012 at the AGHE Annual Meeting and Educational Leadership Conference.

Instructional Design and Management of a Virtual World: A Second Life for Geriatric Education. Project Demonstration presented February 3, 2011 at The University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education Interprofessional Health Science Education Conference.

Design and Management in a Virtual Environment: A Second Life for Geriatric Education. Presented October 25, 2010 at the Ninth Annual Reynolds Grantee Meeting.

Date posted: 
Fri, 02/15/2013
Date Submitted or Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
Fri, 02/15/2013
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, , and . Caring Across the Continuum: Mrs. Porter Age 88. POGOe - Portal of Geriatrics Online Education; 2013 Available from: https://pogoe.org/taxonomy/term/1236

Caring Across the Continuum: Mrs. Porter Age 81

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Date Posted: 
12/31/1969
Date Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
12/31/1969
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Estimated time to complete: 
1
Abstract: 

Caring Across the Continuum: An Aging Virtual Patient Series. Case Three: Mrs. Porter Age 81- Introduction to Common Geriatric Syndromes. This case, the third in a four-part series about the virtual patient, Mrs. Porter, introduces the learner to in-patient care, delirium and the interprofessional team (IPT) roles. The case is set in an Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) Unit. Mrs. Porter is admitted to the ACE Unit with Dr. Pat and members of the IPT because she has had an unwitnessed fall and is delirious. Concepts included in this case are common etiologies and risk factors for falls; benefits of an IPT assessment in the ACE Unit; the effect of medication on falling; fall-induced delirium; types of delirium; the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM); obtaining a complete History of Present Illness; pain assessment; abnormal review of symptoms; and pre-operative testing.  After thorough evaluation, it is determined that Mrs. Porter has a fractured hip and will undergo surgery. The case concludes with a request of the learner to provide a complete pre-operative review of Mrs. Porter's assessment and exam.

Educational objectives: 

On completion of Case Three: Mrs. Porter Age 81, students will be able to:

  1. Define and describe select components of diagnosing an unwitnessed fall
  2. Describe multiple risk factors of falls
  3. Assess delirium using the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) tool
  4. Provide a comprehensive abnormal review of symptoms for patient diagnosis
  5. Prepare a comprehensive pre-operative patient review
Additional information/Special implementation requirements or guidelines: 

This product is one part of a short series consisting of the following products:

As an innovative, virtual learning series, this web-based series of cases spans the 21-year relationship of care between geriatrician Dr. Patricia Thompson and her patient, Mrs. Alice Porter. This virtual learning experience for medical students, based on the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) competencies, is designed to pique interest and enhance knowledge and skills in the care of older adults. The web-based learning environment provides students the unique opportunity to observe and interact with Mrs. Porter, in an ongoing doctor-patient relationship, outside of the traditional classroom setting. The series exposes students to the importance of continuity of patient care, since each case correlates to a different year of medical school education. As the medical student advances in their curriculum, Mrs. Porter continues to age, requiring more complex care and further application of critical thinking skills from the student. Each case has a unique focus that targets key geriatric and/or palliative concepts appropriate to the level of the student that can easily be embedded into existing medical school courses.

The virtual cases allow students to explore approaches to the patient; observe model clinician-patient interactions; choose practice techniques; offer health promotion, palliative counseling, and patient counseling; and contemplate complex ethical decisions regarding the care of the patient in an innocuous, self-paced, virtual environment. The embedded natural language system in each case offers an opportunity to pose real-world questions and problems to the learner, with the goal of eliciting critical thinking skills and reflective learning.

The series offers a readily available complementary assignment to the classroom and clinical experience. The self-paced case studies contain video animation, an interactive electronic medical record, Geriatric Gems and Palliative Pearls, natural language style critical thinking, clinical reasoning and clinical judgment learning activities, and evidence-based expert explanations. Evaluative tools include a pre and post quiz and rubric-scored natural language short answer and essay questions. The natural language system provides hints to the students and evaluates their responses based on the information they provide. Student actions and choices are captured for formative evaluation, as well as to provide student feedback.

The virtual patient system is a web-based application that runs on Windows Server, running IIS with ASP enabled within IIS. The project database is Microsoft Access.

The first time you explore a case, you will need to register. There is a "Register" button at the bottom of the login form. Click this button to register or to have your password sent to the email address you entered when you registered.

On the popup registration form, you will need to enter an ID and a password. Your ID can be anything you wish. You can use the same User ID and password for any of the four cases. All of the other fields are optional. (The email field is optional. If you don't enter an email address when you register, the system can't send you your password and/or ID if you forget them.)

Publications from, presentations from, and/or citations to this product: 

Using a Virtual Patient to Teach the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment to Medical Students. Poster presented February 24, 2012 at the AGHE Annual Meeting and Educational Leadership Conference.

Instructional Design and Management of a Virtual World: A Second Life for Geriatric Education. Project Demonstration presented February 3, 2011 at The University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education Interprofessional Health Science Education Conference.

Instructional Design and Management in a Virtual Environment: A Second Life for Geriatric Education. Presented October 25, 2010 at the Ninth Annual Reynolds Grantee Meeting.

Date posted: 
Fri, 02/15/2013
Date Submitted or Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
Fri, 02/15/2013
Contact Person/Corresponding Author:



Suggested Citation:
, , and . Caring Across the Continuum: Mrs. Porter Age 81. POGOe - Portal of Geriatrics Online Education; 2013 Available from: https://pogoe.org/taxonomy/term/1236

Caring Across the Continuum: Mrs. Porter Age 74

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Date Posted: 
12/31/1969
Date Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
12/31/1969
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Estimated time to complete: 
1
Abstract: 

Caring Across the Continuum: An Aging Virtual Patient Series. Case Two: Mrs. Porter Age 74 - Introduction to Geriatric Differential Diagnosis. This case, the second in a four-part series about the virtual patient, Mrs. Porter, introduces the learner to the complexities associated with diagnosing a common geriatric condition, and occurs in an outpatient ambulatory setting. Mrs. Porter visits Dr. Pat after missing her last three appointments, but visits mainly to refill a prescription. Concepts included in this case focus on an in-depth geriatric history-taking; conducting a comprehensive medication review; and, screening for depression.  The importance of evaluating differential diagnoses for an older adult patient is also included. The Geriatric Gems in the case provide in-depth information and resources about a variety of geriatric health topics. The Gems in Case Two include Caregiver Stress; Depression; Hypothyroidism; and, Medication Review. The case concludes with a critical thinking activity inviting the learner to use the SOAP (subjective and objective observations, recommendations for further assessment, and a plan for treatment) format to complete their own assessment of Mrs. Porter. 

Educational objectives: 

On completion of Case Two: Mrs. Porter Age 74, students will be able to:

  1. Complete components of a comprehensive geriatric assessment
  2. Address the following Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) geriatric competencies:
    1. Identify and document a geriatric patient's medication review
    2. Assess falls, balance, and gait of the virtual patient
    3. Assess functional abilities
    4. Generate a differential diagnosis of a unique presentation of a common older adult condition
    5. Develop a SOAP note based on Mrs. Porter's Outpatient visit
  3. Generate a medical management plan for the virtual geriatric patient
Additional information/Special implementation requirements or guidelines: 

This product is one part of a short series consisting of the following products:

As an innovative, virtual learning series, this web-based series of cases spans the 21-year relationship of care between geriatrician Dr. Patricia Thompson and her patient, Mrs. Alice Porter. This virtual learning experience for medical students, based on the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) competencies, is designed to pique interest and enhance knowledge and skills in the care of older adults. The web-based learning environment provides students the unique opportunity to observe and interact with Mrs. Porter, in an ongoing doctor-patient relationship, outside of the traditional classroom setting. The series exposes students to the importance of continuity of patient care, since each case correlates to a different year of medical school education. As the medical student advances in their curriculum, Mrs. Porter continues to age, requiring more complex care and further application of critical thinking skills from the student. Each case has a unique focus that targets key geriatric and/or palliative concepts appropriate to the level of the student that can easily be embedded into existing medical school courses.

The virtual cases allow students to explore approaches to the patient; observe model clinician-patient interactions; choose practice techniques; offer health promotion, palliative counseling, and patient counseling; and contemplate complex ethical decisions regarding the care of the patient in an innocuous, self-paced, virtual environment. The embedded natural language system in each case offers an opportunity to pose real-world questions and problems to the learner, with the goal of eliciting critical thinking skills and reflective learning.

The series offers a readily available complementary assignment to the classroom and clinical experience. The self-paced case studies contain video animation, an interactive electronic medical record, Geriatric Gems and Palliative Pearls, natural language style critical thinking, clinical reasoning and clinical judgment learning activities, and evidence-based expert explanations. Evaluative tools include a pre and post quiz and rubric-scored natural language short answer and essay questions. The natural language system provides hints to the students and evaluates their responses based on the information they provide. Student actions and choices are captured for formative evaluation, as well as to provide student feedback.

The virtual patient system is a web-based application that runs on Windows Server, running IIS with ASP enabled within IIS. The project database is Microsoft Access.

The first time you explore a case, you will need to register. There is a "Register" button at the bottom of the login form. Click this button to register or to have your password sent to the email address you entered when you registered.

On the popup registration form, you will need to enter an ID and a password. Your ID can be anything you wish. You can use the same User ID and password for any of the four cases. All of the other fields are optional. (The email field is optional. If you don't enter an email address when you register, the system can't send you your password and/or ID if you forget them.)

Publications from, presentations from, and/or citations to this product: 

Using a Virtual Patient to Teach the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment to Medical Students. Poster presented February 24, 2012 at the AGHE Annual Meeting and Educational Leadership Conference.

Instructional Design and Management of a Virtual World: A Second Life for Geriatric Education. Project Demonstration presented February 3, 2011 at The University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education Interprofessional Health Science Education Conference.

Instructional Design and Management in a Virtual Environment: A Second Life for Geriatric Education. Presented October 25, 2010 at the Ninth Annual Reynolds Grantee Meeting.

Date posted: 
Fri, 02/15/2013
Date Submitted or Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
Fri, 02/15/2013
Contact Person/Corresponding Author:



Suggested Citation:
, , and . Caring Across the Continuum: Mrs. Porter Age 74. POGOe - Portal of Geriatrics Online Education; 2013 Available from: https://pogoe.org/taxonomy/term/1236

Caring Across the Continuum: Mrs. Porter Age 67

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Date Posted: 
12/31/1969
Date Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
12/31/1969
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Estimated time to complete: 
1
Abstract: 

Caring Across the Continuum: An Aging Virtual Patient Series.  Case One: Mrs. Porter Age 67 - Introduction to Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. This case, the first in a four-part series about the virtual patient, Mrs. Porter, highlights the main components of a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA), set in an outpatient ambulatory setting. Mrs. Porter, age 67 in this case, is visiting Dr. Pat for the first time. Dr. Pat conducts a thorough social, physical and mental evaluation of Mrs. Porter. The skill of active listening is illustrated to emphasize the importance of taking a thorough patient history during the CGA. The Geriatric Gems in the case provide in-depth information and resources about a variety of geriatric health topics. The Gems in Case One include Smoking and Older Adults; Geriatric Functional Assessment; Immunization Guidelines for Older Adults; Elder Abuse and Mistreatment; Falls; and, Incontinence. The case concludes with a critical thinking activity inviting the learner to discuss the major differences between a CGA and standard adult medical exam. 

Educational objectives: 

On completion of Case One: Mrs. Porter Age 67, students will be able to:

  1. Define and describe select components of a comprehensive geriatric assessment
  2. Describe the differences between a routine medical evaluation and an evaluation of an older adult
  3. Summarize concepts presented within the case through descriptive patient study
  4. Address the following Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) geriatric competencies:
    1. Assess falls, balance, and gait of the virtual patient
    2. Assess functional abilities.
  5. Generate a problem list and recommendations for Mrs. Porter
Additional information/Special implementation requirements or guidelines: 

This product is one part of a short series consisting of the following products:

As an innovative, virtual learning series, this web-based series of cases spans the 21-year relationship of care between geriatrician Dr. Patricia Thompson and her patient, Mrs. Alice Porter. This virtual learning experience for medical students, based on the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) competencies, is designed to pique interest and enhance knowledge and skills in the care of older adults. The web-based learning environment provides students the unique opportunity to observe and interact with Mrs. Porter, in an ongoing doctor-patient relationship, outside of the traditional classroom setting. The series exposes students to the importance of continuity of patient care, since each case correlates to a different year of medical school education. As the medical student advances in their curriculum, Mrs. Porter continues to age, requiring more complex care and further application of critical thinking skills from the student. Each case has a unique focus that targets key geriatric and/or palliative concepts appropriate to the level of the student that can easily be embedded into existing medical school courses.

The virtual cases allow students to explore approaches to the patient; observe model clinician-patient interactions; choose practice techniques; offer health promotion, palliative counseling, and patient counseling; and contemplate complex ethical decisions regarding the care of the patient in an innocuous, self-paced, virtual environment. The embedded natural language system in each case offers an opportunity to pose real-world questions and problems to the learner, with the goal of eliciting critical thinking skills and reflective learning.

The series offers a readily available complementary assignment to the classroom and clinical experience. The self-paced case studies contain video animation, an interactive electronic medical record, Geriatric Gems and Palliative Pearls, natural language style critical thinking, clinical reasoning and clinical judgment learning activities, and evidence-based expert explanations. Evaluative tools include a pre and post quiz and rubric-scored natural language short answer and essay questions. The natural language system provides hints to the students and evaluates their responses based on the information they provide. Student actions and choices are captured for formative evaluation, as well as to provide student feedback.

The virtual patient system is a web-based application that runs on Windows Server, running IIS with ASP enabled within IIS. The project database is Microsoft Access.

The first time you explore a case, you will need to register. There is a "Register" button at the bottom of the login form. Click this button to register or to have your password sent to the email address you entered when you registered.

On the popup registration form, you will need to enter an ID and a password. Your ID can be anything you wish. You can use the same User ID and password for any of the four cases. All of the other fields are optional. (The email field is optional. If you don't enter an email address when you register, the system can't send you your password and/or ID if you forget them.)

Publications from, presentations from, and/or citations to this product: 

Using a Virtual Patient to Teach the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment to Medical Students. Poster presented February 24, 2012 at the AGHE Annual Meeting and Educational Leadership Conference.

Instructional Design and Management of a Virtual World: A Second Life for Geriatric Education. Project Demonstration presented February 3, 2011 at The University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education Interprofessional Health Science Education Conference.

Instructional Design and Management in a Virtual Environment: A Second Life for Geriatric Education. Presented October 25, 2010 at the Ninth Annual Reynolds Grantee Meeting.

Date posted: 
Fri, 02/15/2013
Date Submitted or Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
Fri, 02/15/2013
Contact Person/Corresponding Author:



Suggested Citation:
, , and . Caring Across the Continuum: Mrs. Porter Age 67. POGOe - Portal of Geriatrics Online Education; 2013 Available from: https://pogoe.org/taxonomy/term/1236

Aging Tsunami

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Date Posted: 
12/31/1969
Date Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
12/31/1969
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Estimated time to complete: 
1
Abstract: 

The Aging Tsunami lecture details the reasoning behind the importance of geriatric and palliative education to the future of health care. It describes the statistics on the aging population in the United States and globally, and identifies changes that the older adult population presents to health care systems and health care professionals. It also explains why geriatric and palliative medicine is a growing medical career path.

Educational objectives: 

On completion, the learner will be able to:

  • Identify trends that will challenge geriatric health care professionals now and in the future
  • List some important areas of focus for future geriatric health care professionals 
Additional information/Special implementation requirements or guidelines: 

Speaker notes are provided as a separate document.

This product was reviewed by UT Health.

Publications from, presentations from, and/or citations to this product: 

Ostwald, S.K. (2009, September), Preparing for the Aging Tsunami. International Geriatric and Gerontological Nursing Conference, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. (invited keynote presentation) 

Date posted: 
Mon, 06/03/2013
Date Submitted or Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
Mon, 06/03/2013
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Suggested Citation:
Aging Tsunami. POGOe - Portal of Geriatrics Online Education; 2013 Available from: https://pogoe.org/taxonomy/term/1236

Primary Hyperparathyroidism in the Geriatric Population

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Date Posted: 
12/31/1969
Date Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
12/31/1969
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Estimated time to complete: 
1
Abstract: 

The lecture provides an overview on the epidemiology of primary hyperparathyroidism in older adults. Primary hyperparathyroidism is a problem with calcium homeostatis in older adults, which often presents with mental disturbance and sudden frailty. The lecture focuses on recognition of the clinical presentation and indication for surgery in older patients with primary hyperparathyroidism.

Educational objectives: 

Attendees will be able to:

  1.  Characterize the changing epidemiology of primary hyperparathyroidism in older adults;
  2.  Recognize clinical presentation and indication for surgery in older patients with primary hyperparathyroidism; and,
  3.  Determine fracture risk in older patients with primary hyperparathyroidism.
Additional information/Special implementation requirements or guidelines: 

Speaker notes are embedded within the Powerpoint Presentation and are viewable in the pdf version through Adobe Reader: Comments-annotations. 

This product was reviewed by UTHealth.

Publications from, presentations from, and/or citations to this product: 

Rianon, N. (2011).  Primary Hyperparathyroidism in the Geriatric Population. [ PowerPoint slides]. CME Multidisciplinary Parathyroid Conference. Lecture conducted at MD Anderson, Houston, TX.  

 

Date posted: 
Thu, 04/25/2013
Date Submitted or Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
Thu, 04/25/2013
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Suggested Citation:
Primary Hyperparathyroidism in the Geriatric Population. POGOe - Portal of Geriatrics Online Education; 2013 Available from: https://pogoe.org/taxonomy/term/1236

Theme-Based Journal

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Date Posted: 
12/31/1969
Date Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
12/31/1969
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Other Learning Resource Type: 
Reflective Journal
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Estimated time to complete: 
1
Abstract: 

These reflective journal activities encourage students to take a holistic approach to assessing their experiences encountered with aging patients. Through the questions posed in each journal activity, students are challenged to reflect on their patient interaction in their clinical rotations with compassion and empathy for the patient experience. The goal is for each student to develop a more patient-centered health care practice. 

Educational objectives: 

On completion, the learner will be able to:

  1. Summarize thoughts, reflections, and experiences as related to the geriatric rotation experience.
  2. Express core geriatric learning principles through reflective and thoughtful writing.
  3. Demonstrate an awareness of one’s own perspective when caring for aging patients.  
  4. Demonstrate an awareness of the value of the interprofessional team when caring for aging patients.  
Additional information/Special implementation requirements or guidelines: 

The journal can be used alone or in combination with the TEXAS Medical Clerkship Program.

The estimated completion time is per journal activity. 

Date posted: 
Wed, 04/24/2013
Date Submitted or Reviewed/Updated for Clinical Accuracy: 
Wed, 04/24/2013
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Suggested Citation:
Theme-Based Journal. POGOe - Portal of Geriatrics Online Education; 2013 Available from: https://pogoe.org/taxonomy/term/1236

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