| Revised on: 28 July, 2014 |
The course covers two years, three terms per year, and consists of a taught component, practical experience, as well as a research project.
Normal 2-year study programmeYear 1 Term 1 CLGY 5001, 5002 (2.5 units)
Year 1 Term 2 Self-Study
Year 1 Term 3 CLGY 5003, 5004, 5005, 6900 (6 units)Year 2 Term 1 CLGY 6901 (2 units), 5202 (4 units), 6203 (5 units)
Year 2 Term 2 CLGY 5204 (6 units), 6205 (4 units)
Year 2 Term 3 CLGY 6902 (3 units)Second year study programme with exemptions
(for graduates of the Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Gerontology)
Year 1 Term 1 CLGY 6900 (2 units), 6901 (2 units), 6203 (5 units)
Year 1 Term 2 CLGY 6205 (4 units)
Year 1 Term 3 CLGY 6902 (3 units)4.1 Module one
4.2 Module two
4.3 Module three
4.4 Module four
4.5 Module five
4.6 Project Report
4.7 Practical Experience4.1 Module one:CLGY 5001 Demography, sociology, social work and health economics (DSSH) (1.0 unit)
Demography (2 hr)
- Basic concepts
- Population Ageing
Sociology and Sociology and Social work (3 hr)
- Income maintenance
- Living arrangement and social support
- Family and intergenerational issues
Health economics (3 hours)
- Health care financing
- Estimating costs of diseases and disabilities
4.2 Module two: CLGY 5002 Epidemiology, biostatistics and research methodology (EBR) (1.5 units)
The use of epidemiology in the study of the elderly (basic principles)
- Applications to the study of health, autonomy and disability in elderly populations (2 hr)
- defining the question
- ways of answering the question
- developing a way to measure the phenomenon
- summarising the information
- relating the information to individual and group characteristics and other variables; examination of predisposing/risk factors
- assessing effects of intervention on outcome measures and estimating the cost, efficiency and effectiveness of different forms of care and support
- using the above information to develop new approaches to understanding the natural history of disability, to devise preventive measures, and to design integrated system of care
Research Methodology (7 hr)
- Literature search
- Study design (Qualitative and quantitative research)
- Ethical considerations and guidelines of good practice
- Writing up dissertation protocols, dissertation paper, and presentation skills
Basic statistical methods in epidemiology (6 hr)
- mean, standard deviation, variance, confidence limits
- random sampling
- Relative risk, odds ratio, attributable risk
- univariate, multivariate, and factor analysis
- practical exercises
4.3 Module three: CLGY 5003 Biology of Ageing & concept of successful ageing and measurements (BSA) (1.0 unit)
Biology of Ageing (3 hours)
- Cellular ageing and theories of ageing
- Age-related physiological changes
Successful ageing (3 hours)
- Concepts, definitions and existing knowledge
- Strategies to achieve successful ageing
- Health promotion
Evaluation (4 hr)
- Quality of life measurements : principle and tools
- Quality of life measurements : practical application
- Psycho-social assessment tools
- Psycho-social assessment tools (in communications)
- Nutrition, health and evaluation
4.4 Module four: CLGY 5004 Services for the older population (SERVICES) (1.0 unit)
Service for the older population (9 hours)
- Service providers and their interaction
- Primary, secondary and teritary care sectors (community care, residential homes, and hospitals)
- Design of living environments
- Measuring the quality and outcomes of medical care
- Population screening and the strategy of prevention
- Elderly abuse
Palliative Medicine (4 hours)
- Bereavement
- Living will, assisted death, and euthanasia
- Palliation and end-of-life care
4.5 Module five: CLGY 5005 Clinical topics (2.0 units)
Clinical topics (25 hr)
- Common diseases in the elderly
- Common presentation of diseases
- Prescribing in the elderly
- Rehabilitation
- Physical training and pain relief in older persons
- ADL training and assistive devices in older persons
- Cognitive and behavioural training
- Psychogeriatric problems
- dementia
- depression and suicide in the elderly
- other mental health problems
4.6 Project Report: CLGY 6900, 6901, 6902 (7 units)
This will be carried out under the supervision of course directors, during the two year period. Project area will be related to any of the above areas and closely related to daily work of the student. He/she will spend a minimum of the equivalent of one contact hour per week with the supervisor. (104 hr)
4.7 Practical experience: CLGY 5202, 6203, 5204, 6205 (28 units)
Work or attachment in the care of elderly in the medical (in the broadest sense including nursing and allied health disciplines), and/or social setting, and the writing of one case report, consisting of three hours per week over a four month period.