Data
Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2022-2023
Course director
-
Dr. Erika BURZÁN-PÉTERVÁRI
associate professor,
Institute for Translational Medicine -
Number of hours/semester
lectures: 24 hours
practices: 0 hours
seminars: 0 hours
total of: 24 hours
Subject data
- Code of subject: OAE-GER-T
- 2 kredit
- General Medicine
- Elective modul
- spring
OAP-BPR-T completed , OAP-KN1-T completed
Course headcount limitations
min. 5 – max. 100
Topic
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.
Lectures
- 1. Concepts of gerontology. Demography. Biological/chronological age. Physiological aging. - Dr. Székely Miklós
- 2. Polimorbidity in the elderly. Adaptability, vulnerability. - Dr. Székely Miklós
- 3. Biological theories of aging I - Dr. Balaskó Márta
- 4. Biological theories of aging II - Dr. Balaskó Márta
- 5. Cardiorespiratory disorders in the elderly I - Dr. Balaskó Márta
- 6. Cardiorespiratory disorders in the elderly II - Dr. Balaskó Márta
- 7. Endocrine changes with age - Dr. Garai János
- 8. Diabetes mellitus in the elderly - Dr. Garai János
- 9. Gastrointestinal changes in the elderly I - Dr. Vincze Áron Endre
- 10. Gastrointestinal changes in the elderly II - Dr. Vincze Áron Endre
- 11. Changes of energy balance I - Burzánné Dr. Pétervári Erika
- 12. Changes of energy balance II - Burzánné Dr. Pétervári Erika
- 13. Gait disorders, motor system in the elderly - Dr. Sarlós Gézáné (Dr. Varjú Cecilia)
- 14. Aging and immune processes - Dr. Sarlós Gézáné (Dr. Varjú Cecilia)
- 15. Renal functions: changes with age - Dr. Székely Miklós
- 16. Salt/water balance changes with age - Dr. Székely Miklós
- 17. Problems of the caretaking team - Dr. Heim Szilvia Mária
- 18. Chronic care, nursing, rehabilitation - Dr. Heim Szilvia Mária
- 19. Disorders in the central nervous system - Dr. Takács Katalin Gyöngyi
- 20. Polypragmasia - Dr. Takács Katalin Gyöngyi
- 21. Geriatric syndromes I - Dr. Takács Katalin Gyöngyi
- 22. Geriatric syndromes II - Dr. Takács Katalin Gyöngyi
- 23. Test-exam - Burzánné Dr. Pétervári Erika
- 24. Test-exam - Burzánné Dr. Pétervári Erika
Practices
Seminars
Reading material
Obligatory literature
Literature developed by the Department
Lecture slides will be uploaded to TEAMS.
Notes
Recommended literature
Rathway: The Merck Manual of Geriatrics, MSD, 1990
Conditions for acceptance of the semester
Maximum of 25 % absence allowed
Mid-term exams
Written account (test) from the topics of the course.
Making up for missed classes
Writing an essay from the topic of the omitted lecture.
Exam topics/questions
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.