Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatrics Series: Evaluation of Falls in the Elderly

Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatrics Series: Evaluation of Falls in the Elderly
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
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Product ID: 20264

Abstract: 

This podcast episode outlines the clinical significance of falls in the elderly, the consequences of falls, risk factors for falls, and clinical approaches to the elderly patient who falls.

For more information about the series, go to http://www.ttuhsc.edu/som/fammed/ttmedcast/gerseries/default.aspx.

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Educational objectives: 

The listener should be able to:

  • Describe the clinical significance of falls in the elderly
  • List the consequences of falls in the elderly
  • Screen patients for the risk factors for falls
  • Develop an appropriate care plan for an elderly patient who falls
Additional information/Special implementation requirements or guidelines: 

This podcast episode is an MP3 file. It may be listened to on a computer with speakers or an MP3 player. It is available on the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center website, where an episode fact sheet is also available, or for download from the iTunes Music Store (search term: "texas tech medcast").

Publications from, presentations from, and/or citations to this product: 

Jones BG, Bickley LS, Dentino A, Prabhu FR, Martin C, Balmes M, Neilson R, Urban S, Nutis D. Using Podcasting to Teach Geriatrics to Third-Year Medical Students. Innovations in Medical Education poster, 119th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges, San Antonio, TX, October 31-November 5, 2008.

Jones BG, Bickley LS, Dentino A, Prabhu FR, Martin C, Balmes M, Neilson R, Urban S, Nutis D. Using Podcasting to Teach Geriatrics to Third-Year Medical Students. Peer Paper, 35th Annual Predoctoral Education Conference, Savannah, GA, January 22-24, 2009.

Jones BG, Bickley LS, Ragain RM, McMahon KK, Prabhu FR, Baker LK, Chauncey, KB Samiuddin M, Ranin M, McClure S, Casner P. Using Podcasting to Impact Third-Year Students' Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Geriatrics. Poster on Research in Progress to the North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Conference, San Juan, PR, October 2008.

Date posted: 
Thu, 10/08/2009
Date last updated: 
Thu, 10/08/2009
CME credits available: 
No
Has this product been peer reviewed?: 
No
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Contact person/corresponding author: 
Dr. Betsy Goebel Jones (betsy.jones@ttuhsc.edu)
Authors: 
Paul Casner
Dr. Betsy Goebel Jones
Mike Ragain
NLM Citation:
Casner, P, Jones, B and Ragain, M. Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatrics Series: Evaluation of Falls in the Elderly. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education; 2009 Available from: http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20264
APA Citation:
Casner, P, Jones, B and Ragain, M. (2009). Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatrics Series: Evaluation of Falls in the Elderly. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20264