It will be taught using multiple educational formats. Lecture, 20-30 hours per week. This course combines several teaching techniques to provide students with basic skills necessary to care for elderly patients in a variety of clinical settings. Fourth year students participate in a four-week block rotating at locations in Lexington, with emphasis on assessment and rehabilitation. The course also teaches pharmacology and therapeutics utilizing clinical cases.
Students develop their own personal formularies during the course.
The students will complete an ACLS class during this rotation.