Geriatrics and Gerontology Academy · MINC-GG-002
Common Geriatric Syndromes and Safe Clinical Care
This 40-hour module develops safe, ethical and context-responsive competence in common geriatric syndromes and safe clinical care. It comprises 40 one-hour units using guided reading, cases, practice products, knowledge checks, reflection and applied assessment.
40 CPD credit hours · 40 one-hour units · 2400 minutes · Coming soon
MINC is still writing this module. Its units are listed below so you can see what is coming; none of them can be started or bought yet.
Module aim
Common Geriatric Syndromes and Safe Clinical Care prepares health workers in Uganda to assess falls and balance problems and act on what you find, and builds from there to recognise polypharmacy risk, act on red flags and refer to the multidisciplinary team.
What you will be able to do
- Explain core concepts, professional responsibilities and limits.
- Use structured assessment and reliable practical tools.
- Apply evidence-informed decisions with safety, ethics and escalation safeguards.
- Adapt safely to realistic Ugandan resource constraints.
- Communicate, document, reflect and improve performance.
Units
- Falls and balance problems: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Falls and balance problems: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Falls and balance problems: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Falls and balance problems: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Falls and balance problems: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Delirium and dementia: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Delirium and dementia: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Delirium and dementia: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Delirium and dementia: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Delirium and dementia: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Incontinence and constipation: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Incontinence and constipation: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Incontinence and constipation: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Incontinence and constipation: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Incontinence and constipation: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Pressure injury and skin care: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Pressure injury and skin care: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Pressure injury and skin care: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Pressure injury and skin care: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Pressure injury and skin care: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Sensory impairment: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Sensory impairment: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Sensory impairment: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Sensory impairment: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Sensory impairment: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Pain assessment and management: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Pain assessment and management: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Pain assessment and management: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Pain assessment and management: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Pain assessment and management: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Polypharmacy and medicines safety: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Polypharmacy and medicines safety: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Polypharmacy and medicines safety: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Polypharmacy and medicines safety: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Polypharmacy and medicines safety: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
- Red flags, referral and multidisciplinary care: foundations, purpose and professional scope (60 min)
- Red flags, referral and multidisciplinary care: assessment, standards and practical tools (60 min)
- Red flags, referral and multidisciplinary care: applied decisions, procedures and safeguards (60 min)
- Red flags, referral and multidisciplinary care: case-based practice in resource-limited settings (60 min)
- Red flags, referral and multidisciplinary care: documentation, reflection and quality improvement (60 min)
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