Acting Internship Geriatric Psychiatry

Catalog Description:  Become a member of the multidisciplinary geropsychiatry team at UMMC. See patients > 55 years and their families, evaluating brain-behavior complications of medical and neurological illness and treatments. Participate in admissions, ongoing hospital care, discharges, and team and family meetings.

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Required session attendance:

Typical weekly schedule/Delivery Mode: M-F, 8:00am-5:30pm

Direct patient care: Yes

Consent Requirement: Open to student scheduling

Course Objectives: By the end of this rotation, students will be able to:

• Assess an older patient including cognitive, functional, family and safety evaluations.
• Identify ways to stabilize older patients with medical comorbidities, polypharmacy and cognitive impairment.
• Perform as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Describe benefits of working with older patients.

Graded Components:

• Clinical assessment by faculty using GRS Evaluation

Grading Scale:  H/E/S/N