AIMS AND CONTENT

TEACHING METHODS

The course is delivered during the second year, second semester, through face-to-face lectures supported by slide presentations.

Students with valid documentation of Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), disabilities, or other educational needs are encouraged to contact the instructor and the School/Department’s disability support coordinator at the beginning of the course to discuss any appropriate teaching arrangements that, while maintaining the course learning objectives, take individual learning needs into account.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Physiological Ageing and Clinical Frailty
Delirium and Its Impact on Language and Swallowing
Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Dysphagia
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)
Cognitive Decline and Medications Affecting Speech and Swallowing
Clinical Case Discussions

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

EXAM TEXTS / STUDY MATERIALS: Course materials will be made available on AulaWeb.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LUCA TAGLIAFICO (President)

CLAUDIA CAPURRO

ALESSANDRO CONSOLARO

GIUSEPPE MURDACA

ANNA MARIA RICCIO (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Please refer to the section “Second-Year, Second-Semester Class Schedule” for details on lecture times.

Class schedule

GERONTOLOGY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Learning assessment is conducted through a written examination as part of the assessment of the Integrated Course to which the subject “Geriatrics and Gerontology” belongs.

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

1. The examination cannot be taken unless all prerequisite requirements have been fulfilled.

2. As this is an integrated course examination, failure to pass a single module requires the entire examination to be retaken.