Update all your knowledge about Psychogeriatrics through TECH and implement the most important advances of this medical discipline in your professional practice”

In a very short time, medical sciences have contributed to the development of psychological, psychiatric and neuronal intervention strategies focused on the elderly. From these advances in Psychogeriatrics, innovative medical supplements have appeared against seizures, emotional disorders, agitation, confusion, dementia, among other pathologies that affect the mental health status of elderly patients. Paradoxically, most specialists do not have the proper update on these aspects, which means that their professional practice is limited to techniques and procedures that have already been surpassed by the most recent scientific evidence.

TECH, in its eagerness to contribute to the preparation of physicians from excellence, has designed this Internship program in Psychogeriatrics. This academic modality is integrated by a stay, face-to-face and intensive, in a renowned hospital center. The educational process will have an extension of 120 hours, distributed in days from Monday to Friday, to complete 3 weeks. In the institutions chosen for the program, the graduates will find first level health care resources. Through them, they will exercise rigorous procedures and academic endorsement, for the management of real geriatric patients with various pathologies related to their mental health condition.

At the same time, they will be able to discuss the means of approach with experts of distinguished experience who are part of the staffs of these facilities. With their advice, the physician will get the necessary update and become familiar with the most complex dynamics of this healthcare practice. In turn, an assistant tutor will be in charge of monitoring all progress, integrating new tasks of greater complexity to the educational process. Upon completion, the healthcare professional will be ready to take on challenges in his or her career and provide the most comprehensive care for patients.

Enjoy an intensive 3-week internship at a prestigious center and update yourself on the latest clinical procedures in order to grow professionally"

With this academic modality designed by TECH , the specialist will have access to a first level update, where the most updated aspects in Psychogeriatrics will be collected and have recent scientific support. The program provides a unique didactic strategy of its kind, which will put the doctor in front of real patients, for 3 weeks, in a hospital institution of rigor and prestige.

This Internship program will allow you to design psychological therapy strategies that will help the elderly to face the social challenges of old age in a face-to-face, immersive and direct way"

General Objective

• Update knowledge on health and disease in old age
• Facilitate the linkage of the practitioner to the general psychological state of old age
• Design multidisciplinary intervention protocols for the elderly
• Master assessment, differential diagnosis and intervention in old age
• Provide skills of accompaniment in old age and an adequate way of coping with aging

Specific Objectives

• Understand how the concept of old age has evolved historically and the complexity of the aging process
• Observe aging from the perspective of psychogeriatrics and psychogerontology
• Conduct a physical, psychological and social assessment
• Determine how psychological and social factors affect physical activity
• Observe problem-solving skills
• Know the different theories about the aging process and its reflection in personality traits
• Delve into the most current research in psychogeriatrics
• Learn about negative and positive personality changes in the aging process
• Get up to date in the way in which personality disorders develop in old age
• Analyze critical features of mental and emotional health in the elderly: emotional schemas, mental flexibility, use of humor, etc
• Delve into how mental health affects the physical state
• Identify the levels of stress faced by the elderly
• Assess the social health of the elderly
• Gain knowledge about the advantages of having a functional family during old age
• Delve into the support mechanisms that exist within the family
• Understand the changes that the crisis of the 70's can generate in the elderly
• Understand how the concept of family is evolving
• Understand the needs of the elderly in order to age in a satisfactory manner
• Understand the changes that occur in the central nervous system during old age
• Define the influence of psychopathologies and neuropathologies on disorders of consciousness and perception in the elderly
• Understand the affective behaviors in the elderly
• Understand sleep disorders in the elderly
• Define the specific elements of psychotherapy in the elderly
• Delve into the models that explain health and illness behaviors
• Work with different innovative psychotherapies oriented to the elderly
• Provide an overview of Geriatric Psychopharmacology
• Understand the frailty of the elderly and its pharmacokinetic changes
• Define the most appropriate and innovative drugs for emotional disturbances
• Determine the appropriateness of the use of anticonvulsants in the elderly
• Analyze pharmacologic intervention for somatization
• Analyze the biology and biochemistry involved in stress
• Know the responses and defense mechanisms in the face of stress
• Understand the importance of confidence in stressful situations
• Define communication skills and their most common errors
• Work with representational systems
• Learn how to reorient discussions and difficult situations

With this TECH program, you will get up to date about anticonvulsant drugs, for emotional disorders, agitation, confusion, dementia, impairment with greater effectiveness for the elderly"