Geriatrics

Competency in clinical geriatrics involves recognizing the difference in presentation of disease and the importance of maintaining functional independence in elderly patients.  With increasing age, presentations of disease becomes less classic and are often muted, and timely recognition requires attentiveness to subtle signs.  Appropriate management requires a balance of patient observations, judicious diagnostic intervention, and acceptance of limits as defined by the patient.  Effective management of problems may be complex and may necessitate an interdisciplinary approach that takes social support into account.  Medical and psychological problems, acute and chronic, frequently coexist. 

It takes a unique set of skills required to manage specific problems when they occur in the elderly.

• In-training Examination Results
• Review of residents performance by attending physician

• APPROPRIATE CHAPTERS IN HARRISON’S
• ARTICLES FILES
• MKSAP – {most recent addition}
• MED-STUDY

• UpToDate®