For hospitalists
Geriatrics that fits a hospitalist shift.
Sound familiar on the wards?
01.
The reflexive UTI
an older patient presents with a confusional state, no specific urinary symptoms and no signs of infection, but the family insists this is what always happens when they have a UTI — while something deeper is going on.
02.
Delirium, or agitation from delirium
knowing what to do to keep it from worsening, before reaching for a sedative.
03.
Frailty & prognosis
judging how far a patient is from baseline, and predicting what comes next.
04.
Hard family conversations
discussing prognosis and goals of care with more confidence, and counseling the family.
How I can help
They told me they look at their older patients — and their own families — differently afterward.
On teaching residents, students, and PAs
I’m Dr. Derya Ozkok, board certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics.
I worked as a hospitalist, trained in geriatrics, and served as a geriatrics teaching attending in a fellowship program with medical students and residents — then cut the long geriatric evaluation down to the parts that fit a busy hospital day. That translation — what to check, how to read it, what to do about it — is what I write and teach.
Start Here
A few ways to begin — the book is on the way, and the rest is here now.
