Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatrics Step 1 Prep Series: No. 83--Jarah Sessica Parker and Asymptomatic Hypertension
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
Sponsor:
Donald W. Reynolds Foundation
POGOe Id:
20671
Posted:
10/07/2010
Updated:
01/22/2013
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Abstract:
The Step1 Test Prep Series was created by second-year students at the Texas Tech School of Medicine in Lubbock as a project of the MS2 Aging Block of Systems Disorders II. It was developed as part of the Reynolds Geriatrics Podcast series, which is supported in part by an Aging and Quality of Life grant from the D.W. Reynolds Foundation. The episodes in this series are based on questions that have geriatrics content and patient vignettes from the 2009 Step1 Sample Exam, available from http://www.ttuhsc.edu/som/fammed/ttmedcast/gerseri....
Educational objectives:
The second-year medical student studying for the Step2CK exam should be able to:
- Understand the differential pathology of hypertension
- Understand what can cause an increase in blood and urine catecholamines
- Understand what structures exist around and above the kidneys
- Understand the gross anatomy of the adrenals and what they produce
Intended learner audience:
Minimum geriatric competencies:
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Estimated time to complete:
30 minutes
Contact person/corresponding author:
Dr. Betsy Goebel Jones, betsy.jones@ttuhsc.edu
Suggested Citation:
Dr. Betsy Goebel Jones, Dr. Andrew Dentino, Matthew Baldwin, Lawrence Devolld, Lindsey Gaidousek, Victor Lohla, David Martinez, Jenny Nguyen, Cory Robertson and Samuel Strebel. Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatrics Step 1 Prep Series: No. 83--Jarah Sessica Parker and Asymptomatic Hypertension. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education; 2010 Available from: http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20671