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Medicine for the elderly

Enable non-geriatric physicians to improve their practice in the care of the elderly.

  • Type of training
    Diploma course
  • Diplôme
    DESIU
  • Target audience
    Doctor
  • Discipline
    Geriatrics
  • Duration
    1 year
  • Teachers in charge
    Prof. Sylvie BONIN-GUILLAUME
  • School
    Medicine

  • Présentation de la formation

    Pedagogical objectives

    • Demographics, aging policies, national plansBiology
    • of
    • agingNormal and
    • pathological
    • agingPreventionFragility and
    • dependencyStandardized geriatric assessmentMajor
    • geriatric syndromes and cascading pathologies in the
    • elderlyGeriatric
    • specificities
    • of organ
    • pathologiesTherapeutic
    • particularities
    • in the elderly,
    • Proper use of drugs and
    • iatrogeniaClinical
    • reasoning
    • in polypathological and polymedicated elderly subjectsParticularities
    • of cancer, palliative care and pain in the
    • elderlyEthical
    • approach
    • and choice for the elderlyOrganization of
    • care in geriatrics (geriatric pathways, elderly patient pathways)

    Prerequisites

    For foreign students from outside the European Union: pass the EVC (test de vérification des connaissances) as part of the PAE (procédure d'accès à l'exercice) procedure;

    if training outside French-speaking countries, a certificate of proficiency in French (level B1) must be provided

    .

    Further information

    To consult the syllabus, please contact the teacher in charge.

  • Autorisation pédagogique

    Eligibility

    • Doctors wishing to strengthen their skills in geriatrics, and in particular general practitioners, emergency physicians, or those working in multidisciplinary medicine departments

    Educational information and admission authorizations

    Teacher in charge
    Professeur Sylvie BONIN-GUILLAUME
    Email :

    sylvie.bonin@ap-hm.frContact
    Mme Véronique CHARMASSON
    Tél : 04 91 74 46 12
    Email : diplomes.geriatrie@ap-hm.fr

  • Inscription administrative

    Administrative registration information:

    Email: umfcs-desu@univ-amu.fr
    Fatma FATHI
    Tél : 04 91 32 45 91
    Marine HANAOUI
    Tél : 04 91 32 46 48
    Annie DESCHAMPS
    Tél : 04 91 32 43 25
    Audrey GROSSI
    Tél : 04 91 32 45 80Unité

    mixte de formation continue en santé (UMFCS)
    Bureau des DU
    Faculté des sciences médicales et paramédicales

    Aix-Marseille

    Université
    27 bd Jean Moulin
    13385 Marseille cedex 05

  • Informations pratiques

    Training mode

    Presential

    Rates

    • Continuing education: 1,769 euros