Why does walking speed matter for older adults? 🚶🏽🚶🏻♀️
Kara Mason and @TMJohnsonMD explore how improving gait speed and overall mobility can contribute to healthy aging - read the article here:
📖 tinyurl.com/w9rpxmsr#healthagingmonth#geriatrics
Thomas Johnson (@TMJohnsonMD), MD, assistant professor of medicine, calls gait speed, a type of measurement used to determine how fast a person walks, a “functional vital sign” because it can offer many insights into overall health ⬇️
news.cuanschutz.edu/medicine…
Anyone publish geriatric-focused QI? Any ideas for journals? Looks like Geriatrics MDPI does but I am struggling to find others that publish implementation style QI projects that are narrowed down on geriatrics topics.
#Exercise is an effective treatment for depression, with walking or jogging, yoga, and strength training more effective than other exercises, particularly when intense, finds this new study.
Includes a visual abstract summarising key findings
@mnoetelbmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023…
It is such a QoL difference starting to see almost all my own, established patients! Getting to know them and their families is such a pleasure. Feels similar to the end of residency when I knew my resident panel so well.
Are you an older adult interested in being part of a research team at CU Anschutz? Learn about how you can become an Older Adult Research Specialist at the next information session.
December 6 from 9-10:30 MT
Virtual only
medschool.cuanschutz.edu/cen…
I spent around 6 hours editing my CV from the fluffy trainee one into a streamlined attending version. Still feel like it needs some work! Any CV tips?