Postgraduate Diploma Geriatric Medicine هذه الدورة تدرس باللغة الإنجليزية

تفاصيل الدورة

• Determinants of health
• Lifestyle factors in health
• Identification of risk factors
• Nutrition and health
• Breaking bad news.

• Examination of key organ systems (cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, dermatological, gastrointestinal, urogenital); Ageing (demography, cultural aspects, normal and prescribing); Emergencies; dangerous diagnoses; ABCD symptoms; Urgent mental health disorders; Health checks; Nutrition & diet in the elderly; Activity & exercise; Arrhythmias; Relationships/sexual activity; Tremors/Parkinsons disease; Diabetes; Coronary artert disease; Heart failure; Stroke management; Respiratory diseases; Chronic kidney failure; Falls; End of life/palliative care; Acute confusion/delirium; Dementia; Diarrhoea/constipation; Continence; Hearing loss/aids; Vertigo & tinnitus; Thyroid disease; Menopause & HRT; Osteoporosis; Gout/pseudogout; BPH/Lower Urinary Tract symptoms; UTIs; Depression/anxiety; Vulval disease; Eye disorders; Cardiac pacing; Anaemia; Obstructive Sleep Apnoea; Insomnia/poor sleep; Leg ulcers; Pressure sores; GIT disorders in the elderly.

• ECG: perform and interpret
• CVS examination, Cardiac murmurs, Jugular venous pulse
• Blood pressure measurement, Cardioversion, Heart failure
• Basic respiratory tests, Peak flow, nebuliser use
• Urinalysis
• Positional testing & Epley
• Passing a urinary catheter
• Pressure sores, Lower Limb ulcers
• Musculoskeletal GALS assessment
• DEXA interpretation
• Assessing a confused patient
• GDS (Geriatric Depression Scale)