LF:MGGE0121p Gerontology I - lesson - Course Information
MGGE0121p Gerontology I - lesson
Faculty of MedicineAutumn 2010
- 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 13:30–15:10 VIK N01180
- 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
- Gerontology Nursing (programme LF, N-SZ)
- Course objectives
- Subject Gerontology I offers students the basic overview containing general problems fo gerontology and geriatrics, diferences of care for elderly patient and intedisciplinary diseases of elderly patients.
- Syllabus
- 1. General introduction - definition of gerontology, geriatrics, theories of ageing, ageing..
- 2. Somatic manifestation of ageing, psychical manifestation of ageing, adaptability.
- 3. Functional geriatric assessment.
- 4. Specific features of diseases in elderly.
- 5. Giant geriatric syndromes - introduction, instabilita and falls, injuries in elderly.
- 6. Cognitive impairment.
- 7. Immobilization.
- 8. Incontinentia and its complex solution. Urogenital system in elderly.
- 9. Skin integrity disturbancies - sore ulcers.
- 10. Delirium and other behavioral disturbances in elderly.
- 11. Depression and further psychical diseases in elderly, suicidia..
- 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
- Teaching methods
- lecture
- Assessment methods
- course is completed by the exam in the next semester
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010, recent)
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