- Docente: Paola Forti
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/09
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in
Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
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from Apr 12, 2024 to Apr 19, 2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will know
- basic notions about frailty and its clinical meaning
- the relationship between frailty and polypharmacy
- how to use a frailty screening tool in different settings
- how to identify common interactions between frailty and drugs
- basic principles for drug prescription in older patients
Course contents
Common geriatric screening tools for cognitive and functional status
Frailty
Frailty tools: physical phenotype and cumulative approach
DIfferent tools for different settings?
Performance tests
Readings/Bibliography
Slides of the lesson
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Assessment methods
Questionnaire at the end of each lesson
Teaching tools
Slides of the lession, clinical cases
Office hours
See the website of Paola Forti
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.