medportal CDB | Family Medicine Geriatric Case

Family Medicine Geriatric Case

Activity
e-Learning Module

Describe an elderly patient's functional status using patient and collateral history. Define "Frailty" in the context of the following common problems as they contribute to functional status decline in the elderly including: Incontinence, Falls, Polypharmacy, Depression, Cognitive impairment (FM approach). Identify important topics of discussion with the elderly patient and family/caregiver meetings including: Advance care planning and Goals of Care discussions, Caregiver burnout, Driving, Community resources, Transition planning.

Curriculum Block

Clerkship / Family Medicine Rotation

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Objectives

Clerkship Objectives

Understand the special needs of vulnerable groups related to disparities and inequities in seeking and receiving care. (e.g. Aboriginals, recent immigrants, same-sex relationships, transgendered, marginally housed, disabled, age extremes).

Tags

Curriculum Block

Clerkship Family Medicine Rotation

Discipline

Family medicine

MCC Presentations

Delirium Falls Frailty in the Elderly Major/Mild Neurocognitive Disorders (Dementia) Prescribing Practices

McMaster Program Competencies

1.1 Gather essential and accurate information about patients and their health through history-taking, physical examination, and the use of laboratory data, imaging, and other tests. 1.4 Make informed decision about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions based on patient information and preferences, up-to-date scientific evidence, and clinical judgment 3.4 Identify and perform learning activities that address one’s gaps in knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes 3.6 Locate, appraise, and incorporate evidence from research related to patients’ health problems and the provision of healthcare 3.8 Obtain and use information about individual patients and their caregivers, populations of patients, or communities with which patients identify to improve care 3.9 Continually identify, analyze, and implement new knowledge, guidelines, standards, technologies, products, or services that have been demonstrated to improve outcomes 4.2 Participate in the education of patients, families, students, trainees, peers and other health professionals 4.3 Demonstrate sensitivity, honesty, and compassion in difficult conversations, including those about death, end of life, adverse events, bad news, disclosure of errors, and other sensitive topics 6.6 Coordinate patient care within the health care system relevant to a variety of clinical specialties 7.99 Other interprofessional collaboration

MeSH

Polypharmacy [E02.319.698] Accidental Falls [N06.850.135.122] Aged [M01.060.116.100] Automobile Driving [I03.125] Delirium [C10.597.606.337.500] Dementia [C10.228.140.380] Frail Elderly [M01.060.116.100.540] Osteoporosis [C05.116.198.579]

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