MFM1012

Community geriatrics

(MED)

Dr M Sewell

8 points + OCDL + Approximately 10 hours per week

Synopsis: This elective unit covers the following: social aspects of ageing, clinical aspects of ageing, functional independence, rehabilitation and promoting independence, psychogeriatrics, bladder and bowel problems, tiredness, anorexia and weight loss, breathlessness, turns, tumbles and tremors, painful conditions, hypertension, leg ulcers and pressure ulcers, institutional and nursing home care, latrogenesis, healthy ageing - health promotion and disease prevention and ethical issues.

Assessment: Clinical audit + Written assessment work