Aging from the Outside In

Aging from the Outside In
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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Product ID: 18641

Abstract: 
An interactive session on older patients' perception of younger physicians, as well as a discussion of visual and hearing impairments in older adults.

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Educational objectives: 
Learners should:
  1. Develop an understanding of the demography of aging and its implications for health care.
  2. Develop an awareness of the physical, psychological and social changes that occur with aging and its implications to the older adults' quality of life.
  3. Gain familiarity with changes in vision and hearing found in older adults and recognize that some age-associated changes are due the aging process, some to life habits, and others to disease.
  4. Develop an awareness of differences between the learners' and the elders' perception of themselves, their environments, and the interaction between them.
Date posted: 
Thu, 10/18/2007
Date last updated: 
Thu, 09/23/2010
CME credits available: 
No
Has this product been peer reviewed?: 
No
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Contact person/corresponding author: 
Rainier Soriano (rainier.soriano@mssm.edu)
Authors: 
Rainier Soriano
Rosanne Leipzig, MD PhD
NLM Citation:
Soriano, R and Leipzig, MD PhD, R. Aging from the Outside In. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education; 2007 Available from: http://www.pogoe.org/productid/18641
APA Citation:
Soriano, R and Leipzig, MD PhD, R. (2007). Aging from the Outside In. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from http://www.pogoe.org/productid/18641

Comments

Mon, 12/28/2009 - 3:46pm

An Unfair Hearing Test is a great device for teaching my ObGyn residents about age-related changes in hearing. It means much more than just reading about the changes.