GERONTOLOGY
English Division, The 5th Year
Schedule for the Academic Year 2024/2025
Classes: Department of Geriatrics, Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior &Administration (ZOZ MSWiA), Fabryczna str. 27;
Phone: 47 710 42 42; e-mail: zyta.wojszel@umb.edu.pl
Phone: 47 710 42 44; e-mail: agnieszka.kasiukiewicz@umb.edu.pl
Lectures: ON-LINE, PLATFORM BLACKBOARD
Mondays, 16.45-18.15
Prof. Zyta Beata Wojszel, M.D.
1/ 18.11.2024- Physiological and pathological aging. Specificity of the old age pathology.
2/ 25.11. 2024- Comprehensive geriatric assessment and care.
3/ 02.12.2024- Dementia, depression, delirium-- typical psychogeriatric syndromes.
4/ 09.12.2024- Endocrinology disorders in old age.
5/ 16.12.2024- Nutrition disturbances in old age.
6/ 13.01.2025- Geriatric syndromes: incontinence, falls. Risks of hospitalization in old age.
Hours of labs: Monday: 8-11.15; Tuesday-Friday: 8.00-11.30
Day of the course | Topics of the labs |
| 1 | Comprehensive assessment of the patient as the core of the geriatric team approach. |
2 | Neurology of old age – neurodegenerative disorders. |
3 | Cardiovascular disorders in geriatric patients. |
4 | Management of pain syndromes in geriatrics. |
5 | Geriatric pharmacotherapy issues. |
| Case study of the geriatric patient- discussion. Test. |
Recommended handbooks:
1. The obligatory textbooks:
- Learning Geriatric Medicine. A study guide for medical students. Roller- Wirnsberger R., Singler K., Palidori M.C. (eds), 1st edition, Springer 2018 (e-book in MUB library)
- Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, by: Kane R.L., Ouslander J.G., Abrass I.B., Resnick B. 8th edition, 2018 (e-book in MUB library)
2. The optional textbook:
- Oxford Handbook of Geriatric Medicine (3rd edition, 2018), Bowker L.K, Price J.D., Shah K.S., and Smith S.C.
A form of classes’ crediting:
- Evaluation of the individual classes – active attendance at labs.
- The final evaluation of the whole course at the unit.
a. Attendance to lectures and labs.
b. Case study- presentation and discussion on diagnoses, functional status assessment, therapy, and care planning.
c. Test.
CLASSESS
6.11.2024-13.11.2024- group 5- dr Agnieszka Kasiukiewicz, M.D., Ph.D
19.12.2024-10.01.2025- group 4- dr Agnieszka Sulik, M.D.
20.012025-24.01.2025- groups 9, 10- dr Agnieszka Kasiukiewicz, M.D., Ph.D
dr Marta Świętek, M.D., Ph.D
27.01.2025-31.01.2025—group 6, 7, 8 dr Agnieszka Kasiukiewicz, M.D., Ph.D
dr Marta Świętek, M.D., Ph.D
dr Agnieszka Sulik, M.D.
3.02.2025- 7.02.2025—group 1, 2, 3 dr Agnieszka Kasiukiewicz, M.D., Ph.D
dr Marta Świętek, M.D., Ph.D
dr Agnieszka Sulik, M.D.