Medical Specialties - Geriatric Medicine (4 Dec 2024)

Career Conversations

This week, Dr Marilena Giannoudi focuses on the geriatric career path with Dr Kat Ralston. This episode covers the day-to-day as well as the advantages, challenges, and the pathway to this profession. Dr Ralston provides many resources to inform your journey into geriatric medicine and discusses a few interesting cases she has encountered. Dr Kat Ralston is a geriatric medicine registrar in Edinburgh. She is also the Education Co-Vice Chair and the joint Podcast Lead for the RCPE Trainee & Members' Committee (T&MC). Dr Marilena Giannoudi is a cardiology registrar based in Leeds. She is Co-Chair of the Trainees and Members’ Committee, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and is currently undertaking a PhD. --Useful Links-- Physician Higher Specialty Training Recruitment - https://www.phstrecruitment.org.uk/specialties/geriatric-medicine British Geriatrics Society https://www.bgs.org.uk/ Clinical Frailty Scale - https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/content/attachment/2018-07-05/rockwood_cfs.pdf REDMAP Framework https://www.spict.org.uk/red-map/ Think Delirium Toolkit https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/2442/rrheal/education-networks/rural-teams-education-network/think-delirium-improving-the-care-for-older-people-delirium-toolkit The Geriatric 5M’s https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.14979 Silver Book II Geriatric Syndromes (British Geriatrics Society) - https://www.bgs.org.uk/resources/silver-book-ii-geriatric-syndromes ACB Calculator https://www.acbcalc.com/ -- Related episodes -- A Fresh Look at the Geriatric Giants – Front Door and Beyond, Clinical Conversations Podcast https://podcasts.rcpe.ac.uk/show/clinical-conversations/a-fresh-look-at-the-geriatric-giants-front-door-and-beyond-26-feb-2024 Frailty for the Non-Specialist, Clinical Conversations Podcast https://podcasts.rcpe.ac.uk/show/clinical-conversations/frailty-for-the-non-specialist-11-mar-2024 Recording Date: 02 April 2024 Choose RCPE as your College of Entry for PACES -- We encourage you to sit PACES with our College. We have a friendly and experienced examinations team who expertly support candidates, and we deliver PACES at centres across the UK. Select RCPE as your College of Entry when applying online through your My MRCP(UK) online account. -- Follow us -- www.instagram.com/rcpedintrainees twitter.com/RCPEdinTrainees -- Upcoming RCPE Events -- events.rcpe.ac.uk/ Feedback: [e-mail]