Course Catalog

 
28-521 GERIATRIC MEDICINE ACTING INTERNSHIP
Department MEDICINE Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Other AI-Ambulatory, Elective AI Facility UAB Medical Center
Course Director HESHAM HASSAN, MD Enrollment Limit 1
Contact ELIZABETH MCALISTER Enrollment Minimum 1
Email emcalister@uabmc.edu Address CH19 201
Phone (205) 934-7972 Fax
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, 18-21, 22-25, 28-31, 32-35, 36-39, 40-43, 45-48, 49-52
Prerequisites Successful completion of Internal Medicine Clerkship. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Family Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Surgery
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
Accepts students from osteopathic schools.
Course Description This course will provide the student an opportunity to gain experience caring for older adults in a variety of healthcare settings. This will include spending time in outpatient general and specialty geriatrics clinics, the nursing home, going on home visits and learning to conduct comprehensive geriatric assessments. The student will work directly with attending physicians (geriatricians) evaluating and treating older patients with common chronic diseases, such as heart failure, dementia and diabetes, and with geriatric syndromes like delirium, incontinence and falls. The student will interview and examine older patients and learn to perform a variety of geriatric screens to test for cognition and depression. Each week, students will participate in the Geriatrics division noon conferences and complete self-guided assignments. Educational materials specific to the complex care of the older adult will be provided through a geriatric website.
Where To Report Students will be contacted by email regarding where to go and when they should report. Please wear your white lab coat. Also, need written approval by faculty director for any request to elect this course less than 3 calendar weeks before the start date for this course.
Requirements 1) The student is expected to be in clinic during regular clinic hours, 8am-5pm in most instances there are no on-call requirements for this course.
2) Patient load will be determined on an individual basis. Documentation may or may not be required depending on your preceptor and the clinic site you are working in.
3) Participate in all scheduled clinical sessions and complete all required readings.
Evaluation Pass/Fail based on level of knowledge, interest, attitude, communication skills, attendance, and timeliness.
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