Geriatrics

Catalog description

Geriatrics is available as an elective in internal medicine. An osteopathic physician must recognize the special needs of the geriatric patient. As aging is a normal physiological process, so the care of the geriatric patient is the normal extension of the physician’s responsibility. Therefore, exposure to the geriatric patient should be an integral part of the experience of the student, particularly in the longitudinal care experience and the internal medicine rotations. Training should take place at all the training sites, 88 | College of Osteopathic Medicine the hospital, nursing home, the patient’s home, a geriatric assessment unit, or any other site appropriate for the care of the geriatric patient. This course may be repeated with different preceptors to obtain additional clinical exposure.