SCHOOL OF MEDICINE • DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE

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

• Demonstrate compassionate, effective history taking and exam skills in adults
• Participate actively and effectively in a health care team
• Enrich prior knowledge through reading and searching the literature
• Demonstrate proficiency in oral and written presentation skills, diagnostic reasoning and required procedures
• Develop an effective approach to differential diagnosis and solving patient‐based problems
• Demonstrate professional growth through response to feedback
• Apply the principles of chronic disease management to the care of a patient
• Develop an evidence‐based health maintenance plan for a patient of any age or gender
• Identify and suggest treatment for geriatric syndromes (e.g., delirium, dementia, depression, falls, incontinence, polypharmacy)
• For a given disease, compare and contrast how the presentation in an older adult is different from that of a younger adult (e.g., pneumonia, UTI, ischemic heart disease, thyroid disease)
• Integrate goals of care and patient/family preferences into a management plan
• Define and differentiate among types of code status, palliative care and hospice
• Communicate the key components of a safe discharge plan and reintegration into family, community and workplace