Geriatric Care in Family Medicine
Geriatric Care in Family Medicine
The Main Learning Objectives
To list the key facets of the assessment and the potential components of the health care team for older adults
To explain the limitations of screening exams for older adults
To describe the changes in body mass and appetite that occur with aging
To describe the recommendations for evaluating hearing and vision in older patients
To list the strategies for preventing falls in older adults
To list the classes of medications to avoid or to use with caution in older adults
To describe the USPSTF screening recommendation for cognitive decline and the tools that can be used for screening
To describe the options for pain management, nausea, managing secretions at the end of life
Methods of Education to Achieve the Objectives
Every video has specific objectives to be achieved
Initially , participant will have pre-test as a part of assessment steps
Participant will watch videos accompanied by images, pdf files , figures or diagrams. At the end , participant must pass post-test to get certification of completion. Participant must follow the learning path in the platform
Evaluation of Scientific Activity by the Participants
By evaluation form after completing course , it will be send to participants. It is an important to know that it will be mandatory to get certification
Speaker
Dr. Charles Vega
MD, Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the University of California, Irvine in California, USA
Course Policy
The course content was reviewed by scientific committee
There is no CME Hours for this kind of teaching content
The course content was designed for pre graduate and recent graduate
