Introduction

As our population ages, students are more and more needing to learn to manage a growing body of knowledge and skills specific to the elderly. Geriatrics is a field rich with learning in all aspects of the core competencies. Geriatrics lends itself to primary care and longitudinal exploration as on most third-year rotations the objectives critical in a geriatric curriculum and the patients will present themselves as opportunities time and again.

Resources and Ideas

• A longitudinal patient experience on your core site, documented by patient notes/
• Documentation of patient encounters aligned with Geriatric topics, for example H&P of a 70 year old ER patient with Dementia
• Presentations on appropriate topics delivered at your rotation sites
• Geriatric conferences or live learning events.
• Aquifer Cases targeting geriatric patients
• The Portal of Geriatrics Online Education

  Interprofessional Education web-GEMs

  • AAMC GERIATRIC COMPETENCIES for Medical Students
  • And more – this site is a wealth of information!

For Focus on Aging and Dementia and Research in Gerontology contact Shin Murakami