Basics of Gerontology

Daten

Offizielle Daten in der Fachveröffentlichung für das folgende akademische Jahr: 2024-2025

Lehrbeauftragte/r

Semesterwochenstunden

Vorlesungen: 24

Praktika: 0

Seminare: 0

Insgesamt: 24

Fachangaben

  • Kode des Kurses: OAE-GER-T
  • 2 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Elective modul
  • spring
Voraussetzungen:

OAP-BPR-T finished , OAP-KN1-T finished

Zahl der Kursteilnehmer für den Kurs:

min. 5 – max. 100

Thematik

The population is aging. Knowledge of special physiological, psychosocial aspects, age-related problems and methods of care may help adequate health provision for the elderly patients.

Vorlesungen

  • 1.

    Biological theories of aging I

    - Balaskó Márta
  • 2.

    Biological theories of aging II

    - Balaskó Márta
  • 3.

    Concepts of gerontology. Demography. Biological/chronological age. Physiological aging.

    - Székely Miklós
  • 4.

    Polimorbidity in the elderly. Adaptability, vulnerability.

    - Székely Miklós
  • 5. Cardiorespiratory disorders in the elderly I - Balaskó Márta
  • 6. Cardiorespiratory disorders in the elderly II - Balaskó Márta
  • 7.

    Endocrine changes with age

    - Bódis Beáta
  • 8.

    Diabetes mellitus in the elderly

    - Bódis Beáta
  • 9. Gastrointestinal changes in the elderly I - Vincze Áron Endre
  • 10. Gastrointestinal changes in the elderly II - Vincze Áron Endre
  • 11. Changes of energy balance I - Burzánné Pétervári Erika
  • 12. Changes of energy balance II - Burzánné Pétervári Erika
  • 13. Gait disorders, motor system in the elderly - Sarlósné Varjú Cecília
  • 14. Aging and immune processes - Sarlósné Varjú Cecília
  • 15. Renal functions: changes with age - Székely Miklós
  • 16. Salt/water balance changes with age - Székely Miklós
  • 17. Problems of the caretaking team - Heim Szilvia Mária
  • 18. Chronic care, nursing, rehabilitation - Heim Szilvia Mária
  • 19. Disorders in the central nervous system - Takács Katalin Gyöngyi
  • 20. Polypragmasia - Takács Katalin Gyöngyi
  • 21. Geriatric syndromes I - Takács Katalin Gyöngyi
  • 22. Geriatric syndromes II - Takács Katalin Gyöngyi
  • 23. Test-exam - Burzánné Pétervári Erika
  • 24. Test-exam - Burzánné Pétervári Erika

Praktika

Seminare

Materialien zum Aneignen des Lehrstoffes

Obligatorische Literatur

Vom Institut veröffentlichter Lehrstoff

Lecture slides will be uploaded to TEAMS.

Skript

Empfohlene Literatur

Rathway: The Merck Manual of Geriatrics, MSD, 1990

Voraussetzung zum Absolvieren des Semesters

none

Semesteranforderungen

Written account (test) from the topics of the course.

Möglichkeiten zur Nachholung der Fehlzeiten

Writing an essay from the topic of the omitted lecture.

Prüfungsfragen

Concepts of gerontology. Demography

Biological/chronological age. Physiological aging

Biological theories of aging

Acute/chronic diseases, polimorbidity in the elderly. Problems of diagnosis and therapy.

Homeostatic functions and aging. Adaptability, vulnerability.

Cardiorespiratory disorders in the elderly

Changes of energy balance

Gastrointestinal changes in the elderly

Endocrine changes with age

Diabetes mellitus in the elderly

Renal functions: changes with age

Salt/water balance changes with age

Geriatric syndromes

Gait disorders, motor system in the elderly

Aging and immune processes

Disorders in the central nervous system

Polypragmasia

Problems of the caretaking team

Chronic care, nursing

Elderly care and hospice.

Rehabilitation.

Prüfer

Praktika, Seminarleiter/innen