For hospitalists
Geriatrics that fits a hospitalist shift.
Caring for complex older adults — how to know what to check, how to read it, and how to talk to families with confidence, without the impostor syndrome that makes you feel there’s always more you should be doing.
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.
Managing delirium on the wards
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.
The delirium guide
A free, referenced 14-step ward guide — plus a one-page pocket card.
