Clinical Rotations – Dakota Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program

1. Age-Friendly Curriculum Resources

View these videos to learn the practical application of assessments.

(videos coming soon)

TUG
Gait Speed
Age Friendly Basics (microlearning)
GAYFT (geriatrics at your fingertips

2. Pocket Cards: Preceptor and Student

These references summarize the assessment and management of the Geriatric 5Ms to support Age-Friendly, person-centered care. These were created to enhance learners’ integration of geriatric principles into their experiential learning.

Recognizing that preceptors and trainees often face barriers in readily accessible reliable 5Ms information during busy clinical encounters, these cards provide a quick, evidence-based reference at point of care.

Two versions are available: a student edition highlighting foundational assessments and a preceptor edition featuring advanced clinical tools and guidance.

Click the link below to fill out the required information and download/print PDF document.

Download Pocket Card

Pocket Card Resources:

Geriatric 5Ms	Assessment	Resource
What Matters	Ask the patient: “What matters most to you?”	Advance Directive – What Matters Most – Stanford.pdf
	Ask about Advance Care Plan	Advance Care Planning: Advance Directives for Health Care \| National Institute on Aging
	ADL / IADLs for function	A Caregivers Quick Guide – ADLs and IADLs CheckingADLsandIADLsWorksheet.pdf
	Estimate biologic age and life span	NVSS – Life Expectancy ePrognosis
Mobility	Fall screen: If any falls reported, do Timed Up & Go	Assessment Timed Up & Go (TUG) Administering the Timed Up and Go Test for Fall Risk Assessment \| Geriatrics \| JN Learning \| AMA Ed Hub
	Check for sarcopenia & assistive devices	Frailty in Older Adults \| New England Journal of Medicine
	Assess transfers, gait and speed (fall risk if <1 m/s)	See video above
Medication	Review Beers Criteria	Alternative Treatments to Selected Medications in the 2023 American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria®
	Identify high-risk or unnecessary meds	Deprescribing Guidelines and Algorithms – Deprescribing.org How to implement deprescribing into clinical practice – Pruskowski – 2021 – JACCP: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CLINICAL PHARMACY – Wiley Online Library
	Screen for polypharmacy	STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate medications/potential prescribing omissions in older people: origin and progress. \| PSNet
Mentation	Screen the Geri 3D’s: Dementia —> Mini-Cog	Download the Mini-Cog© Instrument – Mini-Cog© If Mini-Cog positive, do SLU Mental Status Exam : SLU – Saint Louis University to stage dementia and treat
	Depression —> PHQ2	Form: Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
	Delirium —> CAM	The_Confusion_Assessment_Method.pdf
Multi-complexity	Check if frail	Fried phenotype of frailty: cross-sectional comparison of three frailty stages on various health domains \| BMC Geriatrics \| Full Text
	Check Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)	Short Patient (Print) Social Needs Screening Tool
	Screen for elder neglect	ELDER ABUSE SUSPICION INDEX © (EASI)