Syllabus
Definition and content of gerontology and geriatrics, organization of geriatric Services and care, education in geriatric medicine in CR and Europe.
Multimorbidity, disability, frequent geriatric syndromes; Pharmacological treatment in old age.
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) - health status, physical performance and self-sufficiency, nutrition, frailty, mental status, geriatric risk stratification with the use of standardized assessment tools and scales.
The most common clinical problems in geriatrics (geriatric patient with dementia/depression/delirium, patient with falls/instability, with sarcopenia, frailty, heart failure, stroke, chronic skin defects ect.)
Annotation
Internal medicine – Geriatrics is taught during one-week clinical rotation at the Department of Geriatrics 1.LF and
VFN in the broader context of general internal medicine. During the rotation students receive theoretical background and clinical practice and demonstrations in the form of lectures, seminars and bedside training focused on specific aspects of clinical presentation, diagnostic workout and treatment of common diseases in old age.