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Welcome to Geriatric Medicine at KSS.
Our exciting 5 year training programme offering dual-accreditation in both Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine, in order tocover all the areas of specialist medical care that an older person will experience from care at home or in a care home; in the outpatient clinic or day hospital or day care; in the accident and emergency and medical assessment unit; in the acute ward and specialist areas of acute care such as coronary care, high dependency care, intensive care, acute stroke care etc; in the rehabilitation ward or intermediate care or in long term care.
Geriatric Medicine is one of the largest specialties in the UK. It offers a stimulating intellectual challenge: illness may present in unusual ways in older people, they frequently have multiple pathologies that interact, and they are particularly prone to adverse drug reactions. It allows you to maintain a generalist approach while also developing a subspecialty interest. This can range from stroke to Parkinson’s Disease, falls and fracture prevention, diabetes or cardiovascular disease, to name but a few.
Geriatrics also offers the chance to work both in community and hospital settings. Research is at last generating an ever-expanding evidence base for the management of many conditions in old age and the National Service Framework for Older People has laid out some challenging targets for health care provision.