KLE University Belgaum
Belgaum,Karnataka,India
0831 244 4444
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www.kledeemeduniversity.edu.in
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- Co - Education
- ESTD 1979
- Medicine
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Postgraduate Diploma in Geriatric Medicine
Postgraduate Diploma in Geriatric Medicine
Course
Geriatric medicine is that field of medical science that deals with medical issues related to the aged and the elderly. Anyone over 60 years comes under this medical category. Since the aged are more or less affected with more than one medical condition, all at the same time, treatment for the aged becomes a complex procedure. A geriatric specialist has to thus take into consideration a patient’s every medical condition before taking course to a certain treatment procedure. Considering that, medical science has improved vastly and we now live longer than ever before, the clinical requirement and the dosages of medicines at this age is vastly different. It thus requires a specialized field of medicine for the aged and thus the importance of geriatric medicine.
Eligibility: MBBS
Duration: 2 years
Career Opportunities
The post graduate diploma opens up opportunities for you in geriatric medicine in hospitals, nursing homes, specialty clinics for the elderly and elsewhere in the healthcare industry. Other than being a geriatric medicine practitioner you could get into hospital administration jobs, as health service managers in health resorts and in other middle and senior level positions in the health industry. Beyond this course, you could go for post graduate degree programs in geriatric or other related field of medicine. You could also open up a health clinic of your own for the elderly.
