Examination
Activity
Clinical Exposure
Clinical Exposure
Curriculum Block
Clerkship / Geriatrics Rotation
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
Clerkship Objectives
- Perform a physical examination on an elderly patient, adapting it to possible conditions of frailty, immobility, hearing loss, memory loss and other impairments.
- Perform a mental status examination to evaluate confusion and/or memory loss in an elderly patient, including the use of appropriate tools (e.g. Mini Mental Status Examination)
- Communicate the relevant results of the physical and cognitive examination in well organized and written and oral reports.
Tags
CanMEDS Roles
Collaborator
Communicator
Medical Expert
Professional
Cohort Year
2010
Curriculum Block
Clerkship
Geriatrics Rotation
Discipline
Geriatrics
