80027355: Edmund G. Beacham 39th Annual Topics in Geriatrics

Accreditation Statement The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Credit Designation Statement The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 16.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Nursing Credit American Nurses Credentialing Center The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This program is pending approval of The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing. American Academy of Nurse Practitioners The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing is approved as a provider of nurse practitioner continuing education by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners: AANP Provider Number 061216. This program is pending approval of The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing.

Other Credit
American Academy of Family Physicians
This Live activity, Edmund G Beacham 39th Annual Current Topics in Geriatrics, with a beginning date of February 16, 2012, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 17.00 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Academy of Physician Assistants
American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 16.75 hours of Category 1 credit for completing this program.

Description

The aging of the American population is well known and significantly impacts many aspects of health care needs and delivery. Most physicians have received very little or no formal geriatrics training, despite this growing trend in the number of elderly patients for whom they care. Surveys demonstrate that physicians commonly report difficulty and dissatisfaction with providing care to the very old. Further, studies evaluating standard quality indicators for the care of the vulnerable elderly show poor quality of care. Elderly patients with multiple comorbidities report high rates of dissatisfaction with their health care. This education program is designed to provide practical information to clinicians and healthcare professionals who care for seniors: it will improve knowledge about diseases and syndromes common in the elderly and offer practical and effective guides to their management.

Objectives

After attending this activity, the participant will demonstrate the ability to:

• Recognize common geriatric syndromes and initiate treatment for these syndromes
• Identify approaches to and limits of management of specific disease of organ systems that are common in the elderly,(e.g., vitamin D deficiency, atrial fibrillation, delirium)
• Describe important research developments that influence the clinical care of geriatric patients

Talks

Policy On Speaker And Provider Disclosure

It is the policy of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine that the speaker and provider disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of this educational activity, and also disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine OCME has established policies in place that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. Detailed disclosure will be made in the activity handout materials.