MGGE0121c Gerontology I - practice

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Pavel Weber, CSc.
Department of General Internal Medicine – Joint workplaces with the University Hospital Brno - workplaces of the Bohunice and Mater. Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Mon 12:00–14:30 F01B1/309
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This subject offers the basic overview about general geronotology-geriatric topics, about main socifics of geriatric care and interdisciplinary diseases of elderly.
Syllabus
  • Functional geriatric assessment
  • Specific features of diseases in elderly
  • Pharmcotherapy in elderly
  • Giant geriatric syndromes
  • Cognitive diseases
  • Immobilization
  • Incontinentia and complex solution, urogenital system in elderly
  • Skin integrity disturbances - ulcers
Literature
  • TOPINKOVÁ, Eva. Geriatrie pro praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2005, 270 s. ISBN 8072623656. info
  • HOLMEROVÁ, Iva, Božena JURAŠKOVÁ and Květuše ZIKMUNDOVÁ. Vybrané kapitoly z gerontologie. [Praha]: Gema, 2002, 110 s. info
  • WEBER, Pavel. Minimum z klinické gerontologie : pro lékaře a sestru v ambulanci. 1. vyd. Brno: IDVPZ, 2000, 151 s. ISBN 8070133147. info
Assessment methods
exercise, credit
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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