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Fundamentals of geriatrics for primary care physicians

An elderly patient with multimorbidity is the daily reality of primary care: master the basic principles of geriatrics for competent management.

24academic hours
Advancedlevel
Distance learningmode of study

Course curriculum

  • Fundamentals of medicine for older adults
  • Gerontology
  • Geriatrics
  • Stages of aging
  • Geriatric syndromes
  • Sarcopenia
  • Senile asthenia (frailty)
  • Osteoporosis
  • Kidney diseases in the elderly
  • Features of drug therapy in kidney diseases in the elderly
  • Atherosclerosis and dyslipidemias in the elderly
  • Are statins needed for elderly patients
  • Review of current guidelines
  • Features of nutrition in the elderly patient
  • Recommended protein intake
  • Overview of the most common micronutrient (vitamin and mineral) deficiencies
  • Malnutrition syndrome
  • Physical activity in old age
  • Overview of effective and safe gerontogymnastic techniques
  • Examples of effective and safe exercises
  • Arterial hypertension in the elderly
  • Target levels (between stroke risk and fall risk)
  • Cognitive disorders in old age
  • Dementia
  • Alzheimer's disease and others
  • Falls syndrome as a key geriatric syndrome and the features of emergency situations
  • Sepsis in the elderly
  • Myocardial infarction and stroke in the elderly
  • Features of fractures and trauma treatment
  • Delirium in the elderly
  • Polypharmacy in geriatrics: a review of dangerous and recommended drug combinations in old age
  • Pharmacotherapy of elderly patients
  • Methods of combating polypharmacy
  • Deprescribing

An elderly patient with several chronic diseases, polypharmacy, and reduced mobility requires a special management logic that is not taught within a single specialty. The course gives the primary care physician the systematic fundamentals of geriatrics: assessment of geriatric status, adjustment of therapy, and prevention of falls and senile asthenia.

The material is focused on the real tasks of outpatient practice and interaction with the elderly patient and their relatives. After the training, you will manage polymorbid elderly patients more confidently and reduce the risks associated with excessive and unsafe therapy.

Polenova Natalia Valerievna

Family physician, internist, cardiologist, geriatrician, Candidate of Medical Sciences

Candidate of Medical Sciences, family physician combining the competencies of a therapist, cardiologist, and geriatrician. She trained at leading Russian clinics and completed international internships, which provides a broad, including international, perspective on patient management.

Family doctor, internist, cardiologist, geriatrician, Candidate of Medical Sciences. Twenty-one years of work experience.

Education

  • 2002 — I. M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy, “General Medicine”
  • 2004 — residency, I. M. Sechenov MMA, A. A. Ostroumov Department of Hospital Therapy No. 1, “Internal Medicine”
  • 2009 — postgraduate studies, Research Institute of Physico-Chemical Medicine of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Laboratory of Clinical Cardiology headed by Prof., D.M.Sc. N. A. Gratsiansky, “Cardiology”
  • 2017 — internship, N. I. Pirogov RNRMU, V. A. Tabolin Department of Hospital Pediatrics, “Pediatrics”

Continuing education

  • 2004 — primary specialization in “Sports Medicine”, Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry
  • 2012 — “Good Clinical Practice”, N. I. Pirogov RNRMU, Department of Clinical Pharmacology
  • 2013 — advanced training in “Endocrinology and Diabetology”, Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry
  • 2018 — professional retraining in “Dietetics”, European University “Business Triangle”

Experience and place of work

Has experience of practice abroad: in 2022 she completed an internship in the specialty “internal medicine” at Klinikum Westfalen GmBH (Dortmund), as well as DEGUM-Sonographie / Grundkurs training at Vinzenz-Krankenhaus (Düsseldorf).

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