The Stealth Geriatrician: How to find out what you need to know from your patients
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
This is a lecture for 3rd year medical students before they begin the internal medicine rotation or outpatient family medicine rotation. It serves as an introduction on how to do a geriatric functional assessment in these settings. The presentation includes explanations and embedded videos of functional performance measures with elderly patients.
An introduction to geriatric and functional assessment. Goal is to teach physical performance measures, including timed up and go, walking assessment, and strength and balance assessment, and to introduce learners to falls risk assessment.
- Identify four key risk factors for falling in older adults
- Perform a comprehensive geriatric functional assessment
- Evaluate the need for referral
- Build a team
- Determine disciplines and community resources to aid in patient health management
Residents volunteered their time to educate 35 3rd-year medical students and to serve as practice aides for the medical students after the lecture. This has served as an excellent learning model.
This product can be used as a package or you can use the individual pieces. If you use the package, you will need to unzip the .zip file, using a program such as WinZip. You can then run the Powerpoint file within the folder and all of the videos will be ready to play within the presentation. If you transfer the presentation to another computer, you must transfer the entire folder.