This four-week clerkship provides students with the basic knowledge and skills to participate in the care of older adults. Students will learn about common geriatric syndromes, understand, and use functional assessment in the evaluation of older adults, work with an interdisciplinary team to develop care plans, learn about home care and what is possible to provide medically for older patients living in the community. Students will participate in clinic, nursing home visits and home visits with clinicians to provide medical care for older patients. In addition, students will complete on-line assignments, attend lectures, prepare a narrative focused on My Life My Story (MLMS), complete a Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) worksheet, and create an end of life (EOL) project.

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