Geriatrics

Duration

9h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Jean Petermans

Coordinator

Jean Petermans

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course is essentially clinical and address:

• the theories of ageing;
• a brief recall of systemic ageing effects;
• pathologies and environment effects on diagnostic difficulties
• the multidimensional context of several geriatric syndrome (fall, undernutrition, cognitive disorders, ...)
• standardized geriatric assessment, functional diagnosis and related therapeutic management
• Therapeutic particularities : iatrogenic pathologies and polypharmacy
• Information about the development of technologies to help and maintain autonomy

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

• To understand the detection of fragility to define the profile of elderly patient and to prevent fragility
• To diagnose the pathology and its impact on preexisting deficiencies
• To know the importance of functional diagnosis, the semiological particularities and trap
• To pay attention to drug adverse effects and to geriatric assessment for therapeutic decisions

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Co and pre-requisites are detailed in the general Master Medical formation (global course program).

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

This module is multidisciplinary and consists of lectures, supplemented by several sessions of practical activities. Clinical formations are included in another course code and complete the diagnosis learning by a patient-centered approach.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face teaching.

Recommended or required readings

Slides and course notes are made available to students on MyULg and / or on eCampus web sites.

Assessment methods and criteria

See evaluation methods and deliberation modalities available on the website of the Faculty of Medicine: www.facmed.ulg.ac.be/examens

Work placement(s)

See MSTG1003-1.

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Coordinator :
Jean Petermans - jean.petermans@chu.ulg.ac.be

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