Geriatrics 5Ms for Primary Care Workshop.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Geriatrics 5Ms provide a novel framework for caring for older adults that directly maps to the current Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) core competencies in geriatrics for internal and family medicine residents. Using the 5Ms framework of Mobility, Medications, Mind, Multicomplexity, and Matters Most, we conducted a workshop for residents in a primary care clinic to improve care of older adults.

Methods

Through Kern's six-step approach to curriculum development, we used our needs assessment and stakeholder interviews to guide development of a half-day Geriatrics 5Ms workshop for residents in primary care. The workshop was piloted with 33 internal medicine residents and included interactive modules and point-of-care tools for each

SUBMITTER: Phillips SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6489378 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature