| Selectives Type:
Medical Humanities |
Selective
Title
Geriatric Concentration - Aging Process |
Course Number
MEDU 4105 |
| Prerequisites:
Successful completion of all Year 3 requirements and C-Form signing prior to enrollment. Geriatric Concentration students only. |
Responsible Faculty Director:
Vinod Kaushik, MD
Other Faculty:
N/A |
Contact
Information
Questions can be asked at Dr. Vinod Kaushik
vpkaushi@utmb.edu |
Periods
Offered
All
including holiday period 8 |
Maximum
Enrollment
N/A |
| Learning Objectives |
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
- understand the changes associated with aging and how they lead to decreased function and increased risk of morbidity
- understand biology of aging and its impact on the prevention, progression, and prognosis of disease and disability
-identify factors associated with successful aging and resilience against disease and dysfunction |
| Describe the qualifications
background and career goals or interests of students who would benefit
from the course: |
| Older adults are major age groups utilizing health systems in the US and each medical student needs appropriate knowledge of aging. The evaluation and treatment of elderly patients require specific geriatric knowledge, attitudes, and skills that are acquired across the continuum of medical education, and all medical students will benefit from this course. |
| Description of course
activities |
Course director will sit with student, discuss, and guide about how to plan to look for online articles and information about aging process, what points to concentrate on, and how to select necessary information.
Once rough draft is ready, course director will meet with student and go through draft and advise of any changes or need for additional information to make final presentation.
Will schedule a date and time at the end of the month, student will present his/her selective topic. Course director or other faculty (if available) will judge presentation based on main focus clarity and coherence of presentation, effective use of facts, statistics, and topic details. |
| Proposed time
requirement (%) for the student activities per 40-hour week: |
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Activity |
Percent of Activity |
| Faculty
contact time |
20% |
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Self-directed study |
50% |
| Data
collection/analysis |
30% |
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Other
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Method of student evaluation
Check all that apply - complete appropriate section(s) only:
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1. Grading |
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| A. |
Please specify your grading criteria for outstanding performance: |
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The student will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis. Criteria will include quality of presentation. |
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2. Written Assignment (Homework,
projects, notes, papers, abstracts, etc.) |
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A. |
Frequency of written assignment(s) |
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One written report (essay) with emphasis on reflection should be turned in at the end of the rotation. The final product should be at least 10 pages in length, not including sources, and written in double-spaced size 12 font. This is a current requirement for all BSHS courses. |
| B. |
Type of written assignment |
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Seminars or tutorials culminating in a research
paper. |
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Basic science research plus documented written
report. |
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Humanities, social sciences, biostatistical or
epidemiological research culminating in a scholarly paper or written
report. |
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Clinically-based written reports focusing on a basic
science or humanities problem. |
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Journal club written reports |
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Grant proposals |
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Literature review |
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Oral presentation plus written report. |
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Other modality with a self-directed, scholarly
research component culminating in a written report. |
| C. |
Format of written assignment |
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Presentation can be written or PowerPoint |
| D. |
Method of content selection (student-selected,
assigned, relate to cases, etc.) |
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Assigned and related to topic |
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3. Oral Presentation |
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A. |
Frequency / duration of presentation(s)? |
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One final oral presentation |
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B. |
Type and format of presentation |
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10-minute oral presentation |
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D. |
Assessment - Who assesses the student's
presentation performance? |
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Self-assessment
Peer
assessment
Faculty
assessment |
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E. |
Method of content selection |
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Student-selected
topic
Assigned
topic |
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4. Professionalism |
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What expectations do you have for the
student to demonstrate participation in the elective (e.g. small group
activities, seminars, thoughtful questions, providing resources, journal
club, resident lecture attendance)?
The instructor will discuss principles of appropriate attribution and
the referencing of literature with the student. The student is expected
to understand and to adhere to the principle that all presented work
must be solely the student’s own. |
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The instructor will discuss principles of appropriate attribution and the referencing of literature with the student. The student is expected to understand and to adhere to the principle that all presented work must be solely the student's own. |
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5. Other Modes of Evaluation |
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Please explain below. |
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