Description:
Listen and Learn
The GRS10 Audio Companion brings you engaging, informative discussions with GRS chapter authors and experts. These 30-minute sessions are based on GRS content, and cover the latest developments and prevailing evaluation and management strategies in geriatric medicine.
Tables and figures in the accompanying PDF syllabus add visual support, while how-to tips and techniques, treatment approaches and valuable GRS10 pearls enhance your clinical decision-making and help you prep for board exams.
This audio CME program — moderated by G. Michael Harper, MD, AGSF, and William L. Lyons, MD, AGSF — includes a new discussion on Prognostication, and fresh perspectives from updated content and new contributors.
Simple CME
Listen via audio CDs or our convenient online format, then successfully complete a brief CME quiz to earn a maximum of 35 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ or ABIM MOC points.
Accreditation
The American Geriatrics Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation
The American Geriatrics Society designates this enduring material for a maximum of 35 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in thie activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn up to 35 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points.
Learning Objectives
The learning objectives for this activity have been designed to improve participant knowledge, competence, performance, and patient outcomes. At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:
Describe the general principles of aging and the biomedical and psychosocial issues of aging (knowledge)
Discuss legal and ethical issues related to geriatric medicine (knowledge/competence)
Evaluate the financing of health care for older persons (knowledge/competence)
Identify the basic principles of geriatric medicine, including assessment, prognostication, pharmacotherapy, prevention, exercise, palliative care, rehabilitation, and sensory deficits (knowledge/competence)
Use state-of-the-art approaches to geriatric care while providing care in hospital, office-practice, nursing-home, and home-care settings (performance)
Diagnose and manage geriatric syndromes, including dementia, delirium, urinary incontinence, malnutrition, osteoporosis, falls, pressure injuries, sleep disorders, pain, dysphagia, and dizziness (performance)
Apply relevant information from the fields of internal medicine, neurology, psychiatry, dermatology, dentistry and gynecology to the care of older patients (performance)
Provide patient care in the light of evidence-based data regarding the particular risks and needs of various ethnic, racial, and sexual patient groups (patient outcomes)
Use quality indicators to assess and improve the care of older adults (performance/patient outcomes)
Use evidence-based data to increase the effectiveness of teaching geriatrics to all health professionals (performance)
Target Audience
This course is intended for primary care providers who work with older adults.
Topics/Speaker:
Current Issues in Aging
Demography – Paul Scalzo, BS
Biology – Matthew K. McNabney, MD, AGSF
Ethics and Law – Elizabeth K. Vig, MD, MPH
Financing, Coverage, and Costs of Health Care – Richard G. Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, AGSF, CMD
Approach to the Patient
Assessment – Thomas M. Gill, MD
Prognostication – Daphne Lo, MD, MAEd
Multimorbidity – Matthew K. McNabney, MD, AGSF
Caregiving and Other Psychosocial Considerations – Sarah H. Kagan, PhD, RN
Cultural Aspects of Care – Vyjeyanthi S. Periyakoil, MD
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Health – Mark J. Simone, MD, AGSF
Physical Activity – Robin Marcus, PT, PhD, OCS
Screening and Prevention – Mara A. Schonberg, MD, MPH
Pharmacotherapy – Judith L. Beizer, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP, AGSF
Complementary and Integrative Medicine – Taya Varteresian, DO, MS
Mistreatment – Tony Rosen, MD, MPH
Care Systems
Perioperative Care – Colleen Christmas, MD, FACP
Palliative Care – Danielle J. Doberman, MD, MPH, HMDC
Pain Management – Vyjeyanthi S. Periyakoil, MD
Hospital Care – Margarita Sotelo, MD
Transitions of Care – Alicia I. Arbaje, MD, MPH, PhD
Rehabilitation – Kathleen T. Foley, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Nursing-Home Care – Timothy J. Holahan DO, CMD
Community-Based Care – Kristen Thornton, MD, FAAFP, AGSF, CWSP
Outpatient Care Systems – Michael R. Wasserman, MD, CMD
Syndromes
Frailty – Jeremy D. Walston, MD
Visual Loss and Other Eye Conditions – JoAnn A. Giaconi, MD
Hearing Loss – Priscilla F. Bade, MD, FACP, CMD
Dizziness – Aman Nanda, MD, AGSF, CMD
Syncope – J. William Schleifer, MD
Nutrition and Weight – James S. Powers, MD, AGSF
Feeding and Swallowing – Colleen Christmas, MD, FACP
Urinary Incontinence – Catherine E. Dubeau, MD
Pressure Injuries and Wound Care – Jeffrey M. Levine, MD, AGSF, CWSP
Gait Impairment – Neil B. Alexander, MD
Falls – Sarah D. Berry, MD, MPH
Osteoporosis – Michael L. Krol, MD
Dementia – Zaldy S. Tan, MD, MPH
Behavior Disturbances in Dementia – Melinda S. Lantz, MD
Delirium – Edward R. Marcantonio, MD, SM
Sleep Issues – Cathy A. Alessi, MD, AGSF
Psychiatry
Depression and Other Mood Disorders – Gary J. Kennedy, MD
Anxiety Disorders – Judith Neugroschl, MD
Schizophrenia Spectrum and Psychotic Disorders – Susan W. Lehmann, MD
Personality and Somatic Symptom Disorders – Kecia-Ann Blissett, DO
Addictions – Amy Swift, MD
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP
Diseases and Disorders
Dermatology – Jane M. Grant-Kels, MD, FAAD
Dentistry and Oral Health – Kevin T. Hendler, DDS, FASGD, DABSCD, FICD
Pulmonology – Kathleen M. Akgün, MD, MS
Cardiovascular Diseases – Jason Costa, MD
Heart Failure – Kumar Dharmarajan, MD, MBA
Hypertension – Ayman Samman Tahhan, MD
Gastroenterology – Amir E. Soumekh, MD
Nephrology – Naomi B. Anker, MD
Gynecology – Melinda Gail Abernethy, MD, MPH
Prostate Disease and Cancer – Lisa J. Granville, MD, FACP, AGSF
Female Sexuality – Angela Gentili, MD
Male Sexuality – Michael Godschalk, MD
Musculoskeletal Pain – Natalie Manley, MD, MPH
Rheumatology – Emily A. Bowen, MD
Disorders of the Foot – Robert Eckles, DPM, MPH
Neurology – Daniel L. Murman, MD, MS, FAAN
Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease – Daniel L. Murman, MD, MS, FAAN
Infectious Diseases – Theresa A. Rowe, DO, MS
Endocrinology – David A. Gruenewald, MD, FACP
Diabetes Mellitus – Pei Chen, MD
Hematology – Thomas M. Reske, MD, PhD, FACP, CMD
Oncology and Hematologic Malignancies – Ronald J. Maggiore, MD
Date of Original Release: June 15, 2019
Date of Credit Termination: June 14, 2022
Estimated Time to Complete: 35 hours
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