(Designed for General Practitioners & AYUSH Doctors to Manage Elderly Patients in OPD, Home Visits & Institutional Care)
🔹 Duration: 3 Months
🔹 Mode: 100% Online (Video Lectures + Clinical Cases + Pharmacology + PDF Notes)
🔹 Eligibility: MBBS, BDS, BHMS, BAMS, BUMS, BNYS, BEMS, Physiotherapists, Doctor of Pharmacy
🎯 Course Objective:
To equip doctors with essential knowledge and skills to manage age-related conditions, handle polypharmacy, and provide holistic, patient-centered care for the elderly population through a clinical, pharmacological, and case-based approach.
📚 Syllabus – 10 Comprehensive Modules
Module 1: Introduction to Geriatric Medicine
Understanding aging: physiological vs pathological aging
Common challenges in elderly care
Importance of geriatric-specific OPD care
Multidisciplinary approach to geriatric patients
Module 2: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)
Physical, mental, functional, and social evaluation
Screening tools: MMSE, GDS, ADL, IADL scales
Nutritional and mobility assessments
Planning individualized care
Module 3: Chronic Disease Management in Elderly
Diabetes, hypertension, COPD, CKD in the elderly
Atypical presentation of common diseases
Multimorbidity management
Role of home monitoring and regular follow-up
Module 4: Cognitive & Psychiatric Disorders in the Elderly
Dementia: types, diagnosis, and treatment
Delirium: identification and management
Depression and anxiety in old age
Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD)
Module 5: Musculoskeletal & Mobility Issues
Osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, falls, and fracture prevention
Parkinson’s disease and gait disorders
Use of walking aids, home modifications
Fall-risk assessment & prevention strategies
Module 6: Geriatric Pharmacology & Polypharmacy
Principles of prescribing in the elderly
STOPP/START criteria
Drug-drug and drug-disease interactions
Deprescribing guidelines
Module 7: Nutrition, Immunization & Preventive Geriatrics
Nutritional needs and common deficiencies
Diet planning for comorbid patients
Immunization guidelines (influenza, pneumococcal, zoster)
Screening protocols (cancer, vision, hearing)
Module 8: Palliative Care & End-of-Life Management
When to initiate palliative care
Pain and symptom management
Ethical issues: advanced directives, DNR
Emotional, spiritual, and caregiver support
Module 9: Clinical Case Discussions in Geriatric Practice
Case 1: Elderly with recurrent falls + memory loss
Case 2: Chronic pain + polypharmacy
Case 3: Depression in elderly living alone
Approach to bed-ridden and semi-conscious patients
Module 10: Setting Up Geriatric OPD/Home Care Services
How to start geriatric practice
Communication with patients and families
Designing patient-centric geriatric packages
Final MCQ test + OPD templates + Certification
✅ Certification Outcome:
After completing this course, learners will:
✔ Handle geriatric patients confidently in OPD and home care settings
✔ Recognize and manage common aging-related conditions
✔ Prescribe safely and manage polypharmacy
✔ Provide compassionate and comprehensive elderly care