geriatric medicine
Why geriatric medicine? A survey of UK specialist trainees in geriatric medicine
... to geriatric medicine being placed at less disadvantage when it comes to attracting potential ...to geriatric medicine ...in geriatric medicine were approached; and the rigorous ...
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Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009
... for geriatric medicine, biological and social gerontology, and academics with an interest in ...in geriatric medicine which was mapped to the 2003 version of TD [8] and subsequently accepted ...
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European Society for Swallowing Disorders: European Union Geriatric Medicine Society white paper: oropharyngeal dysphagia as a geriatric syndrome
... Union Geriatric Medicine Society, and invited ...to geriatric medicine and discusses prevalence, quality of life, and legal and ethical issues, as well as health economics and social ...a ...
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Impact of a mandatory geriatric medicine clerkship on the care of older acute medical patients: a retrospective cohort study
... for geriatric conditions is demonstrated to be worse than for other medical condi- tions [23], therefore effective educational programs in geriatric medicine are ...to geriatric ...
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European Society for Swallowing Disorders European Union Geriatric Medicine Society White Paper: Oropharyngeal Dysphagia as a Geriatric Syndrome
... Union Geriatric Medicine Society, and invited ...to geriatric medicine and discusses prevalence, quality of life, and legal and ethical issues, as well as health economics and social ...a ...
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New horizons in geriatric medicine education and training: the need for pan European education and training standards
... Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) education special interest group (SIG), the European Union of Medical Specialists (EUMS)-Geriatric Medicine Section, the European Academy for ...
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Learning while evaluating: the use of an electronic evaluation portfolio in a geriatric medicine clerkship
... introductory session had an effect on the students' ability to work with the portfolio, the introductory session was not given to 50% of the rotation periods, which were ran- domly selected. For those students who did ...
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A STUDY OF DRUG UTILIZATION PATTERN OF THE GERIATRIC PATIENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GERIATRIC MEDICINE IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN ASSAM, INDIA
... Drug utilization studies are exploratory tools to ascertain the role of drugs in the society. Geriatric medicine is the branch of gerontology which deals with clinical or medical aspect of gerontology [1]. ...
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Prevalence of mild hyponatremia and its association with falls in older adults admitted to an emergency geriatric medicine unit (the MUPA unit)
... Hyponatremia has many causative factors, especially in older patients with a greater predisposition due to physio- logical deterioration, comorbidities, and/or polypharmacy [12, 13]. The clinical symptoms are generally ...
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Geriatric Medicine in Malaysia- Riding the Wave of Political Change
... provided geriatric medicine in Malaysia with the unexpected ageing icon in the oldest prime minister in the ...of geriatric services in Malaysia, which has met with numerous challenges in the last ...
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Geriatric medicine and old age psychiatry joint training pre-feasibility pilot study: an innovative approach to collaborative postgraduate training
... activities arranged by the other trainee. Activities that trainees arranged for each other were ones that had been identified as relevant to a specific learning need by the trainees themselves, but the clinical practice ...
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Educational games in geriatric medicine education: a systematic review
... atric medicine is important for providing optimal health- care to the growing elderly population ...sider geriatric medicine as uninteresting, unrewarding, and even depressing, and prefer to deal ...
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Screening for Hearing Impairment in a Cohort of Elderly Patients Attending a Hospital Geriatric Medicine Service
... Methods: Subjects were recruited from a Geriatric Medicine unit over a six-month period. A questionnaire was administered, followed by an otoscopic examination and audiometric testing. Results: Sixty-three ...
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Chapter 57 SYNCOPE. Professor R. A. Kenny. Department of Geriatric Medicine and. Institute of Neuroscience. Trinity College. Dublin.
... hypotension varies between 4 and 33% among community living older persons depending on the methodology used. Higher prevalence and larger falls in systolic blood pressure have been rep[r] ...
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<p>Barriers and attitudes of family and internal medicine residents toward geriatric patients: a cross-sectional analytical study</p>
... to geriatric medicine during residency may positively in fl uence the doctors ’ attitudes toward elderly ...of geriatric med- icine and those who did ...
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Innovations in Collaborative Geriatric Care The Historic Academy of Medicine at Georgia Tech 875 West Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30309
... For eight years, the Georgia Chapter of Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association has fostered a community of local practitioners with an interest in geriatric medicine. Today, it is my pleasure, ...
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A New Model of Delirium Care in the Acute Geriatric Setting: Geriatric Monitoring Unit
... Inclusion, exclusion criteria and patient transfers The admission criteria for GMU included patients above age of 65 years old assessed to have delirium (either on admission or incident delirium during hospital stay) who ...
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DRUG UTILIZATION PATTERN IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS OF GENERAL MEDICINE IN A SECONDARY CARE HOSPITAL
... of medicine that deals with the physiological attribute of aging and the diagnosis and treatment of disorder influencing the aged 7 .... Geriatric medicine is the branch of gerontology which deals ...
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Geriatric fractures in single Orthopedic Hospital: The role of domestic fall and comprehensive geriatric assessment
... determine geriatric fractures’ profile and factors associated with it in a single orthopedic center in Surabaya, East ...all geriatric patients with fractures admitted during 2012 until ...
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The cost of dysphagia in geriatric patients
... The collection of data on costs was performed following approval by the relevant authorities. The annual mean costs per patient at the hospital and in the municipality were calcu- lated for patients with and without ...
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