Program details about the WAI Summer Externship in 2024.
Medicine and Public Health. The student(s) will work with physicians virtually* in dementia diagnostic clinics, primary care and neurology. Their focus will be on the geriatric population, specifically those with dementia, but will also include exposure to a wide range of older patients with chronic conditions. Students will also spend time with other health care providers and learning more about community resources.
The goal of this innovative program is to increase the knowledge and skills of future health care providers to provide long-term, interdisciplinary care to patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias and to their families. At the completion of this program, students will be able to: describe the diagnosis, treatment, and management of dementia and mild cognitive impairment; recognize the roles of a multidisciplinary team in dementia care; identify common concerns of the person living with dementia and their families/caregiver(s); discuss current memory research studies; and identify community resources to support persons living with dementia and their families to live in their homes for as long as possible.