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Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatrics Series: Assessing the Older Adult
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Product ID: 20262
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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock
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This podcast episode addresses techniques for obtaining a health history from an older adult, focusing on the physician’s demeanor, communication style, and approach to the patient.

For more information about the series, go to http://www.ttuhsc.edu/som/fammed/ttmedcast/gerseries/default.aspx.

Educational objectives: 

The listener should be able to:

  • Adjust the environment for a visit with an older patient
  • Shape the content and pace of the visit
  • Effectively elicit symptoms from the patients
  • Address the cultural dimensions of aging
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This podcast episode is an MP3 file. It may be listened to on a computer with speakers or an MP3 player. It is available on the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center website, where an episode fact sheet is also available, or for download from the iTunes Music Store (search term: "texas tech medcast").

List any publications from, presentations from, and/or citations to this product: 

Jones BG, Bickley LS, Dentino A, Prabhu FR, Martin C, Balmes M, Neilson R, Urban S, Nutis D. Using Podcasting to Teach Geriatrics to Third-Year Medical Students. Innovations in Medical Education poster, 119th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges, San Antonio, TX, October 31-November 5, 2008.

Jones BG, Bickley LS, Dentino A, Prabhu FR, Martin C, Balmes M, Neilson R, Urban S, Nutis D. Using Podcasting to Teach Geriatrics to Third-Year Medical Students. Peer Paper, 35th Annual Predoctoral Education Conference, Savannah, GA, January 22-24, 2009.

Jones BG, Bickley LS, Ragain RM, McMahon KK, Prabhu FR, Baker LK, Chauncey, KB Samiuddin M, Ranin M, McClure S, Casner P. Using Podcasting to Impact Third-Year Students' Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Geriatrics. Poster on Research in Progress to the North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Conference, San Juan, PR, October 2008.

Date posted: 
Mon, 09/21/2009
Date last updated: 
Mon, 09/21/2009
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Do you or any of the authors have any significant financial interest or commercial support?: 
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Has this product been peer reviewed?: 
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Contact person/corresponding author: 
Dr. Betsy Goebel Jones ([email protected])
Authors: 
Lynn Bickley
Dr. Betsy Goebel Jones
NLM Citation:
Bickley, L and Jones, B. Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatrics Series: Assessing the Older Adult. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education; 2009. Available from: http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20262
APA Citation:
Bickley, L and Jones, B. (2009). Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatrics Series: Assessing the Older Adult. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education. Retrieved June 05, 2010 from http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20262
 
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