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Course Description

Objectives

• Perform a comprehensive assessment of an older person, in in-patient, outpatient or community setting, including day hospitals
• To Diagnose manage acute illness in old age
• To Describe and manage those with chronic disease and disability Provide rehabilitation with the multidisciplinary team.
• Plan the transfer of care of frail older patients from hospital
• Assess a patient’s suitability for and provide appropriate care to those in longterm
• Be able to apply the knowledge and skills of a competent geriatrician in an intermediate care and/or community setting
• Assess and manage older patients presenting with the common geriatric problems
• Provide specified geriatric care - Palliative care, Orthogeriatrics, Old Age Psychiatry,Specialist Stroke care and other pecial conditions

Outcomes

After completion of the course the students be able to,

• Understand the cellular and molecular changes in Aging
• Understand the Physiological and Structural Changes Requiring Dietary Alterations
• Extrapolate psychosocial changes of the old age and concept of life cycle
• Manage the Health Promotion and Social Support in Old Age
• Overcome Challenges in Patients with Functional and Cognitive Deterioration
• Understand the risk factors r in Pathogenesis of Disease and its management and screening
• Learn alternative medicine and therapies