Events
First Workshop of the University Geriatrics Unit
The First Workshop of the University Geriatrics Unit (UUG) was held on 20 October 2012 at the Grand Auditorium of the Egas Moniz Building. This important event was attended by the Director of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL), Professor José Fernandes e Fernandes, who mentioned the significance of Geriatrics for medical education and the importance of disseminating the scientific and technical contents of this first workshop of the UUG, wishing the 70 people participating in the event a fruitful work.
In the first speech, Professor João Gorjão Clara defined the characteristics of elderly patients that justify increasing interest in geriatrics worldwide, and the need for new doctors to be better prepared for this situation, already present today.
After a short coffee break, Dr Teresa Fonseca addressed the topic: “Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (AAG)”, the cornerstone of geriatrics, and spoke about the various assessment instruments used in outpatient consultation which allow defining pathologies, social condition, psychic and cognitive status, motor autonomy, and nutritional characteristics. The AAG enables identifying the problems and subsequently establishing an optimized programme to solve them.
Following the lunch break, Nurse Carla Pereira talked about the geriatrics consultation and about its specificities, particularly what makes it so different from conventional medical consultations, justifying its worth in the undeniable useful results in the care of elderly patients.
In the roundtable that followed, the participants of the “University Geriatrics Unit Multidisciplinary Team”, both in terms of consultations and home visiting, explained their personal experiences in various areas, namely in the field of social welfare (Dr Paula Ricardo), nursing intervention (Nurse Sílvia Matias), pharmaceutical counselling (Dr Ana Matias), doctor’s experience (Dr Ana Miranda), intervention of the nutritionist (Dr Guiomar Ferreira), support of the psychologist (Dr Elsa Reis), and the involvement of the physiotherapist (Ana Rita Amaro, MSc.).
After the coffee break, Dr Sofia Duque, guest assistant lecturer of the Introduction to Ageing Diseases Disciplinary Area (Core subject of FMUL’s Integrated Master Degree in Medicine) gave the closing conference on the topic “Geriatrics Units”. In addition to referring to her personal experience at the Geriatrics Unit of San Carlos Hospital in Madrid, where she carried out her internship, she mentioned the effectiveness of the geriatrics units compared to conventional hospital units for elderly patients.
Professor João Gorjão Clara closed the workshop by welcoming the presence of participants on a warm sunny Saturday in October and rejoicing at their interest in discussing the various topics covered throughout the event.
Professor João Gorjão Clara
University Geriatrics Unit
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon
Avª Prof. Egas Moniz
1649-028 Lisbon
Telephone: 21 798 51 75
Internal number: 47058
email: gorjaoclara@gmail.com
In the first speech, Professor João Gorjão Clara defined the characteristics of elderly patients that justify increasing interest in geriatrics worldwide, and the need for new doctors to be better prepared for this situation, already present today.
After a short coffee break, Dr Teresa Fonseca addressed the topic: “Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (AAG)”, the cornerstone of geriatrics, and spoke about the various assessment instruments used in outpatient consultation which allow defining pathologies, social condition, psychic and cognitive status, motor autonomy, and nutritional characteristics. The AAG enables identifying the problems and subsequently establishing an optimized programme to solve them.
Following the lunch break, Nurse Carla Pereira talked about the geriatrics consultation and about its specificities, particularly what makes it so different from conventional medical consultations, justifying its worth in the undeniable useful results in the care of elderly patients.
In the roundtable that followed, the participants of the “University Geriatrics Unit Multidisciplinary Team”, both in terms of consultations and home visiting, explained their personal experiences in various areas, namely in the field of social welfare (Dr Paula Ricardo), nursing intervention (Nurse Sílvia Matias), pharmaceutical counselling (Dr Ana Matias), doctor’s experience (Dr Ana Miranda), intervention of the nutritionist (Dr Guiomar Ferreira), support of the psychologist (Dr Elsa Reis), and the involvement of the physiotherapist (Ana Rita Amaro, MSc.).
After the coffee break, Dr Sofia Duque, guest assistant lecturer of the Introduction to Ageing Diseases Disciplinary Area (Core subject of FMUL’s Integrated Master Degree in Medicine) gave the closing conference on the topic “Geriatrics Units”. In addition to referring to her personal experience at the Geriatrics Unit of San Carlos Hospital in Madrid, where she carried out her internship, she mentioned the effectiveness of the geriatrics units compared to conventional hospital units for elderly patients.
Professor João Gorjão Clara closed the workshop by welcoming the presence of participants on a warm sunny Saturday in October and rejoicing at their interest in discussing the various topics covered throughout the event.
Professor João Gorjão Clara
University Geriatrics Unit
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon
Avª Prof. Egas Moniz
1649-028 Lisbon
Telephone: 21 798 51 75
Internal number: 47058
email: gorjaoclara@gmail.com