The modules below were developed to train community physicians who serve as preceptors to University of Iowa medical students in the principles and practical strategies of office-based functional assessment, and in methods of teaching functional assessment to the students that they precept. It will also be useful to other community physicians who want to improve their own practices and skills in functional assessment. Through these modules, you will learn to ...

1. Develop a plan to incorporate brief, focused geriatric assessment in the office.
2. Identify simple tools to better assess and care for aging patients.
3. Describe the importance and application of a brief functional evaluation framework for geriatric patients in a busy office setting.
4. Teach functional assessment in a busy practice.

Within these modules, there are links to printable copies of several assessment tools. Viewing and printing these tools requires the free Adobe Reader. If you do not have the Adobe Reader, please click the button to the right to download it.

This Train-the-Preceptor Program in Functional Assessment was developed by Gerald Jogerst, MD, Associate Professor in the University of Iowa Department of Family Medicine. This project is supported with funding from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.