title: Review of "depression in the elderly-simulated patient small group activity".
abstract: This activity teaches knowledge and skills regarding the assessment and management of geriatric depression to second-year medical students. Students actively participate in a standardized patient scenario with a "collateral source," which the authors define as a relative, friend, neighbor, healthcare power of attorney, or healthcare provider of a cognitively impaired patient who can provide additional history that might be more accurate than that obtained from the patient. Students also discuss proposed physical examination items, formulate a management plan with assistance from a handout on geriatric depression and facilitation by a faculty member, and receive feedback from the standardized patient and a "collateral source." This activity is designed to take c approximately 2 hours to administer to small groups of learners and emphasizes that depression often presents atypically in older adults.
authors.affiliation: Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132-0001, USA. timothy.farrell@hsc.utah.edu
authors.forename: Timothy W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Farrell
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans