Learning objectives
Acquisition of skills and competences in the knowledge of Aging and Classical Geriatric Syndromes
Assessment of the impact of the diseases on functional and cognitive status of older persons
Evaluation of the side effects of polypharmacotherapy in older persons
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Epidemiological Aspects of Aging with focus on Healthy and Active Ageing.
Focus on Frailty, polypharmacotheraphy, multimorbidity, risk of disability and link between comprehensive geriatric assessment and personalized treatment.
Description and discussion about main geriatric syndromes: Diabetes, Delirium, Sarcopenia, Frailty, Dementia, Dysphagia and Malnutrition.
Clinical characteristics of older patients with specific clinical cases.
Alzheimer Disease and MCI
Parkinson and Parkinsonism
Ipomobility and EP and DVT
Polypharmacotherapy
Full programme
Epidemiological Aspects of Aging with focus on Healthy and Active Ageing.
Focus on Frailty, polypharmacotheraphy, multimorbidity, risk of disability and link between comprehensive geriatric assessment and personalized treatment.
Description and discussion about main geriatric syndromes: Diabetes, Delirium, Sarcopenia, Frailty, Dementia, Dysphagia and Malnutrition.
Clinical characteristics of older patients with specific clinical cases.
Bibliography
Geriatric Manual 2019. Edra Editor. Cured by Antonelli Incalzi R, Cesari M, Ungar A, Pedone C, Volpato S, Leosco D.
Teaching methods
The course will be held through lectures to Students in the classroom (“in presenza”).
Lectures will be supported by slide presentations (mostly in italian, and with slides in english with information on internationally relevant papers), which will be available to students on the Elly platform(https://elly2020.medicina.unipr.it/).
Working groups will be used to improve the learning process.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, multiple choice tests (maximum 1 point for each answer) and open questions (maximum 3 points for each answer).
In case of the persistence of the health emergency, the exams will be conducted remotely, as follows:
structured written test conducted remotely (by Teams and Elly). The test consists of 30 multiple choice questions on the course contents (reference texts + documents uploaded to Elly during the course). There is no penalty for incorrect answers.
The final mark, reported directly on Esse3, will correspond to the arithmetic average of the assessments obtained in the written test.
Students with SLD / BSE must first contact Le Eli-che: support for students with disabilities, D.S.A., B.E.S. (https://sea.unipr.it/it/servizi/le-eli-che-supporto-studenti-con-disabilita-dsa-bes).
Other information
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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
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