Enrolment in Master´s programme Molecular Biomedicine

Competencies:
++ comprehensive understanding of clinical manifestation, epidemiology, risk factors, treatment strategies of degenerative diseases
++ understanding of geriatric phenomena
++ understanding and application of the comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA)
++ interdisciplinary thinking
++ ethics and professional behaviour
++ critical and analytical thinking
  + independent searching and knowledge of scientific literature
++ data presentation and discussion (written and spoken)
++ teamwork

The module focuses on geriatric medicine.

Lecture:
fundamentals of degenerative diseases (Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Rheumatoid Arthrits, Osteoarthrits, heart valve disease, aortic dilatation) and geriatric phenomena as frailty, multimorbidity and polypharmacy and their impact on diagnostic and treatment options, basics of geriatric medicine, evidence of the impact of the CGA on patient outcomes, dimensions of the CGA, surgical and interventional heart procedures in geriatric patients

Seminar:
instant ageing, the geriatric team, cognitive assessment with actors, work in heart team

Excursion: small groups (2 students) can accompany clinical rounds on the geriatric ward (either acute geriatric care or geriatric rehabilitation). Conduction of parts of the CGA with patients

Textbooks on geriatric medicine and geriatric psychiatry, e.g. Zeyfang et al. Basiswissen Medizin des Alterns und des alten Menschen. Springer.
Textbooks on cardiac surgery and cardiology, e.g. Ziemer, Haverich: Herzchirurgie.
Scientific papers related to current research topics will be available in Stud.IP

https:www.aortenklappenregister.de/publikationen-des-registers.html

written examination (60 min, 50%), case presentation (50%)