Integration of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Into a Medical Student Clinical Reasoning Curriculum.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Integration of geriatrics and palliative medicine principles into preexisting medical student curricula is imperative to train future physicians to care for older adults and those facing serious illness.

Methods

We developed a case of an older adult presenting with a change in mental status within a preexisting small-group case-based interactive clinical reasoning curriculum. The 1-hour and 50-minute session embedded the 4Ms framework (mentation, medications, mobility, and what matters most) in a clinical case to allow students an organic opportunity to apply the 4Ms in practice while using their communication, clinical reasoning, and hypothesis-driven physical examination skills. Students and faculty completed an end-of-session survey, and each small group's di

SUBMITTER: Caton J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11799358 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature