Medical Training AIComprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Systematically evaluate an older adult's functional, cognitive, mood, nutritional, and social status to build a coordinated care plan.
What this track covers
This track covers the domains of a comprehensive geriatric assessment: function and mobility, cognition, mood, nutrition, fall risk, and the social and home environment. It's built for clinicians who evaluate older adults in primary care, geriatrics, or transitional care settings and need a repeatable, defensible approach to multidomain assessment.
What you will practice
- Distinguish ADLs from instrumental ADLs and know when each should trigger further workup
- Choose between MMSE, MoCA, and Mini-Cog based on time constraints and suspected deficit
- Interpret PHQ-9 and GDS results in the context of somatic symptoms common in older adults
- Use the Timed Up and Go test result to decide on fall-risk interventions
- Identify red flags on a home safety and caregiver assessment that change the care plan
Simulator scenario
A virtual 82-year-old patient presents for an annual wellness visit with subtle word-finding difficulty and a recent fall, requiring the clinician to sequence cognitive, mobility, and social assessments to form a plan.
Board question topics
- Selecting the appropriate cognitive screening tool for a given clinical scenario
- Scoring and interpreting instrumental ADL assessments
- Differentiating depression from grief or medical illness in older adults
- Fall risk stratification and follow-up planning
Ask the tutor
The tutor only answers from licensed sources (FDA prescribing information, public guidelines and our own material) and says when it has none. Educational use only, never patient-specific advice.
Free during the beta. Sign in with your email, no password.
Start free