Curriculum Objective
Objective
General Objectives
Explain how the concept of frailty impacts decision-making, goals of care, and care recommendations in older adults.

Curriculum Block

Part 5 / Integration Foundation / Maternal Health Risks/Aging-Related Care
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Activities

PC Session
Tutorial

Tags

Curriculum Block
Part 5 Integration Foundation Maternal Health Risks/Aging-Related Care
Curriculum Week
IF
Discipline
Geriatrics
MCC Presentations
Frailty in the Elderly
McMaster Program Competencies
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 7.3 Communicate with other health professionals in a responsive and responsible manner that supports the maintenance of health and the provision of healthcare in individual patients and populations 2.4 Apply principles of epidemiological sciences to the identification of health problems, risk factors, treatment strategies, resource allocation, and disease prevention/health promotion efforts for patients and populations 3.4 Identify and perform learning activities that address one’s gaps in knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes 2.5 Apply principles of socio-behavioural sciences to the provision of patient care, including assessment of the impact of psychosocial and cultural influences on health, disease, care-seeking, care concordance, care adherence and barriers to and attitudes toward care. 5.5 Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to a diverse patient population, including all dimensions of diversity such as those that are included in human rights legislation and federal and provincial law.
MeSH
Aged [M01.060.116.100] Frail Elderly [M01.060.116.100.540] Aged, 80 and over [M01.060.116.100.080]

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