Improve knowledge and skills necessary to deal with the unique health concerns of geriatric patients in nursing homes and the outpatient setting. Improve knowledge and skills in primary and secondary prevention as this relates to cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation. Develop sills in treadmill testing and EKG interpretation. Become familiar with work activity and professional responsibilities of nurse practitioners and other health care extenders. Absences beyond this must be made up in a manner arranged with the attending, i.e., taking extra call, working weekends, writing a paper, or making an extra oral presentation, etc.
All absences are to be approved by attending in advance except for illness.
Student is to call attending if ill, car trouble, etc., prior to time to report to work. The department uses the excused absence form supplied by the Dean's office. Gain knowledge in management of common chronic disorders seen in the outpatient setting such as hypertension, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, diabetes, lipid abnormalities, COPD, and osteoarthritis. Become familiar with evaluation and management of acute major illness in the outpatient setting and learn effective triage techniques in terms of disposition regarding subsequent inpatient versus follow-up outpatient care. Become familiar with appropriate management of acute minor illness such as respiratory infections, gastrointestinal illness, urinary tract infection, and pain syndromes.