The Wisconsin Update in Geriatric Medicine & Board Review Course

Delevan, WI US
September 17, 2015 to September 20, 2015

The course is designed for clinicians (physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners, pharmacists, psychologists, dieticians, and social workers) who wish to provide better care for their geriatric patients. It also seeks to prepare providers who are planning to become board-certified in geriatric medicine or a related geriatric qualification to take the certification exam.

Learning Objectives

  • Diagnose and manage common geriatric syndromes (for example: urinary incontinence, metabolic bone disease, dementia, falls);
  • Describe organ-specific changes and diseases as they relate to the geriatric patient;
  • Develop a clinical approach to geriatric patients based on knowledge of geriatric syndromes;
  • Apply the principles of preventive medicine, ethics, rehabilitation, and psychiatry as they relate specifically to the geriatric patient;
  • Propose appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment for older adults;
  • Identify pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamics changes that affect drug use in the geriatric patient; and
  • Discuss the social milieu in which the elderly patient lives;
  • Utilize the complex service delivery network that has been devised to serve the elderly patient;
  • Describe the operation of long-term care systems and specialized geriatric assessment programs designed to specially treat the elderly person.
Additional information

Contact

Name: 
Carol Hermann
Phone Number: 
+1 (608) 280-7000
Email: 
chermann@medicine.wisc.edu
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 16.25 APA
    APA credit.
Course opens: 
09/17/2015
Course expires: 
09/20/2015
Event starts: 
09/17/2015 - 8:00am CDT
Event ends: 
09/20/2015 - 5:00pm CDT
Cost:
$0.00
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Lake Lawn Resort
2400 E Geneva Street
Delevan, WI 53115
United States

Available Credit

  • 16.25 APA
    APA credit.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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