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Geriatric medicine

The geriatric course focuses on an inter professional team approach to complex issues related to aging Which span the basic sciences, clinical acumen, and profound socioeconomic issues

for our society. The course is intended to help medical students, as well as selected nursing and pharmacy students, understand the critical issues of aging, and the importance of team-based health care for geriatric patients in long term care facilities. This course is placed in the curriculum at the mid-point of the third year, which is a unique teachable moment where students can benefit from focused instruction on key topies which are commonly encountered during the core clerkships. The Geriatrics course is designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and experience to recognize and approach common problems in older adults in inpatient and outpatient settings as well as in the nursing home.

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