Medical Knowledge And Clinical Care:

• Core Signs And Symptoms:
• Headache
• Fatigue
• Edema
• Hypertension
• Skin Lesions
• Weight loss/Failure to Thrive
• Core Clincal Issues:
• Allergies
• Asthma
• Dementia
• Depression/Anxiety
• Diabetes
• Hyperlipidemia
• Hypertension
• Obesity
• Prevention Health – Adults
• Skin Infection
• Upper respiratory tract infection/sinusitus
• Urinary tract infection
• Physical Exam Skills:
• Skin
• Diagnostic Tests:
• Lipid profile
• Thyroid tests

Communication:

• Be able to perform a geriatric assessment interview
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate with a patient care-giver
• Be able to effectively communicate medical information with patients
• Communicate effectively with colleagues, consultants and other professionals
• Demonstrate effective patient advocacy
• Demonstrate good communication/listening skills with patients and their families
• Demonstrate patient-centered communication and collaborative decision making
• Demonstrate the ability to elicit from patients the values, ideas and feelings which influence the patient/physician relationship and which impact treatment decisions
• Be able to write an appropriate history and physical examination and SOAP notes for patients.
• Be able to orally present a patient’s history and physical to colleagues and attendings.

Professionalism:

• Demonstrate a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities
• Adherence to ethical principles
• Sensitivity to a diverse patient population

Systems-Based Practice:

• Exposure to and understanding of chronic disease management in terms of systems-based practice

Practice-Based Improvement

• Introduction to practice-based improvement in chronic disease management