Systematic outpatient screening for the elderly: care of the vulnerable elderly practice improvement module to assess resident care of older adults.

Objectives: To determine the feasibility of using the American Board of Internal Medicine Care of the Vulnerable Elderly Practice Improvement Module (CoVE PIM) in an internal medicine residency program and to assess aggregate resident documentation of geriatric screening in continuity clinics.

Design: Needs assessment chart review for single-site pre-/postintervention study.

Setting: Internal medicine resident primary care continuity clinics.