GRS8 – Geriatrics Review Syllabus, Eighth Edition, Audio Companion 2013 – MP3 + PDF

GRS8 – Geriatrics Review Syllabus, Eighth Edition, Audio Companion 2013 – MP3 + PDF

Price $795 

Date of Original Release: October 2013

Date of Credit Termination: October 2016

File Size : 2.51Gb

Expert-Led Learning

Moderated by Gail Sullivan, MD, MPH, AGSF, this course provides expert answers and firsthand patient care solutions across all six GRS8 topic areas. Through 30-minute interviews, contributors who serve as GRS8 chapter authors and contributors discuss current issues in aging, best practices in approaching the older patient, care systems, syndromes, psychiatry, and diseases and disorders. Selected tables and figures add visual support to the recorded material, while the how-to tips and techniques, preferred treatment approaches and valuable GRS8 pearls enhance your clinical decision-making and help you prepare for board examinations.

Simple CME

After completing the GRS8 Audio Companion, you’ll have actionable information you can apply directly to your practice and your board examination prep. Listen to this program, available in audio CD and online download formats, and then successfully complete a brief CME quiz after each section to easily earn as many as 35 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. The GRS8 Audio Companion will give you the insights you need to better care for your older patients – without the costly and inconvenient travel that would be required to hear from these respected experts at conferences and symposia.

View our full list of Topics/Speakers, Faculty, Accreditation and Media Format information.

Expert answers to help you meet today’s toughest clinical challenges GRS8 Audio Companion brings you first-hand patient care solutions across all six GRS8 topic areas. Through a series of 30-minute interviews, GRS8 contributors discuss the following topics:

CURRENT ISSUES IN AGING

Demography • Biology • Psychosocial Issues • Legal and Ethical Issues • Financing, Coverage and Costs of Health Care

APPROACH TO THE PATIENT

Assessment • Multimorbidity • Cultural Aspects of Care • Physical Activity • Prevention • Pharmacotherapy • Complementary and Alternative Medicine • Mistreatment of Older Adults • Perioperative Care • Palliative Care • Persistent Pain

CARE SYSTEMS

Hospital Care • Rehabilitation • Nursing-Home Care • Transitional Care • Community-Based Care • Outpatient Care Systems

SYNDROMES

Frailty • Visual Impairment • Hearing Impairment • Dizziness • Syncope • Malnutrition • Eating and Feeding Problems • Urinary Incontinence • Gait Impairment • Falls • Osteoporosis • Dementia • Behavior Problems in Dementia • Delirium • Sleep Problems • Pressure Ulcers and Wound Care

PSYCHIATRY

Depression and Other Mood Disorders • Anxiety Disorders • Psychotic Disorders • Personality and Somatic Symptoms Disorders • Addictions • Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

DISEASES AND DISORDERS

Dermatologic Diseases and Disorders • Oral Diseases and Disorders • Respiratory Diseases and Disorders • Cardiovascular Diseases and Disorders • Heart Failure • Hypertension • Gastrointestinal Diseases and Disorders • Kidney Diseases and Disorders • Gynecologic Diseases and Disorders • Prostate Disease • Disorders of Sexual Function • Musculoskeletal Diseases and Disorders • Back and Neck Pain • Diseases and Disorders of the Foot • Neurologic Diseases and Disorders • Infectious Diseases • Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders • Diabetes Mellitus • Hematologic Diseases and Disorders • Oncology

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 the activity.

Date of Original Release: October 2013

Date of Credit Termination: October 2016

For information about the American Geriatrics society, visit www.americangeriatrics.org. For information about other AGS publications, click here.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this program, participants caring for older adults will be better able to:

• Describe the general principles of aging and the biomedical and psychosocial issues of aging
• Discuss legal and ethical issues related to geriatric medicine
• Evaluate the financing of health care for older persons
• Identify the basic principles of geriatric medicine, including assessment, geriatric pharmacotherapy, prevention, exercise, palliative care, rehabilitation, and sensory deficits
• Use state-of-the-art approaches to geriatric care while providing care in hospital, office-practice, nursing home, and home-care settings
• Diagnose and manage geriatric syndromes, including dementia, delirium, urinary incontinence, malnutrition, osteoporosis, falls, pressure ulcers, sleep disorders, pain, dysphagia, and dizziness
• Apply relevant information from the fields of internal medicine, neurology, psychiatry, dermatology, and gynecology to the care of older patients
• Adjust patient care in the light of evidence-based data regarding the particular risks and needs of ethnic, racial, and sexual patient groups
• Use quality indicators to assess and improve the care of older adults in their own practices
• Employ evidence-based data to increase the effectiveness of teaching geriatrics to all health professionals