Intensive Update with Board Review in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine 2021
Presented by Mount Sinai’s Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine — ranked #1* in the U.S. for the second consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report — this convenient online CME program contains expert presentations on the newest trends and best practices for managing geriatric syndromes and improving patient outcomes. Intensive Update with Board Review in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine covers topics like late-life depressions, sleep disorders, surgical emergencies, capacity assessment, falls, hospice, and more. You can earn CME credits whenever, wherever, while this program helps you to:
- Understand the benefits and pitfalls of new treatments for older adults
- Identify and manage pain and non-pain, psychosocial and ethical issues
- Prepare for the ABIM geriatric and palliative medicine board exams
- Evaluate and guide medical interventions to improve patient quality of life
- And more …
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, participants caring for older patients will be better able to:
- Describe the latest evidence-based geriatric and palliative medicine
- Recognize the promises and pitfalls of new treatments for older adults
- Identify major geriatric syndromes and effectively manage these syndromes
- Identify psychosocial and ethical issues as they pertain to older adults and formulate a treatment approach
- Prepare for the ABIM geriatric and palliative medicine board exams
- Critically assess and guide medical interventions to improve a patient’s quality of life
- Assess and manage pain and non-pain issues
- Provide patient and families with the highest level of medical care that is consistent with their goals
Intended Audience
This activity is designed for clinicians and those who are taking the geriatric medicine and/or hospice and palliative medicine certification(s) or recertification in geriatric medicine. Additionally, this activity is for those physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and other healthcare professionals who want to update their clinical knowledge in geriatric and palliative medicine.
TOPICS / SPEAKERS
Geriatrics, Palliative Care, and the Future of Healthcare — R. Sean Morrison, MD, FAAHPM
Models of Care at Home: Hospitalization at Home and Palliative Care at Home — Pamela Saenger, MD
Prognostication of Chronic Disease — Mollie A. Biewald, MD
Falls – Why Do They Matter in Older Adults and How to Prevent? — Helen M. Fernandez, MD, MPH
Incorporating Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Principles into Value-Based Programs — Jeffrey I. Farber, MD, MBA, FACP
COVID-19 in Older Adults: Overview, Management and Lessons Learned — Martine Sanon, MD
Understanding the Hospice Benefit — Bernard Lee, MD
Diabetes Overview — Emilia P. Liao, MD
Falls — Ravishankar Ramaswamy, MD, MS
Geriatrics and Palliative Care in the Nursing Home — Stephanie Le, MD
Nutrition/Hydration in Serious Illness — Cynthia X. Pan, MD, FACP, AGSF and Robert Crupi, MD
Foot Diseases & Disorders — Bryan C. Markinson, DPM
Capacity Assessment — Kimberly G. Klipstein, MD
Approach to Decision Making for Patients Who Lack Capacity — Terry Altilio, LSSW, APHSW-C and Priya Krishnasamy, MD
Geriatric Nephrology & Renal Palliative Care — Maya K. Rao, MD
Perioperative Management — Reena Karani, MD, MHPE, FACP, AGSF
Complementary Therapies for Patient and Self Care — JD Elder, MA, LMT and Deborah Matza, RN, MPH, RYT
Inpatient & Outpatient Billing & Documentation — Emily Chai, MD and Audrey K. Chun, MD
Surgical Emergencies — Celia M. Divino, MD, FACS
Chemotherapy Related Toxicity and Oncologic Complications — Cardinale B. Smith, MD, PhD
Clinician Well-being and Resilience: Pre-COVID, Through the Pandemic, and Beyond — Christie N. Mulholland, MD
Palliative Care in Heart Failure — Mollie A. Biewald, MD
Palliative Care Emergencies — Cardinale B. Smith, MD, PhD
BPH & Prostate Cancer — Reza Mehrazin, MD
Anemia — Brenda D. Panzera, MD
Grief, Bereavement & Psychosocial Issues in COVID Times: For Patients, Families and Clinicians — Jane Knowles, MPH, LCSW and Ankita Mehta, MD
Advanced Pain Management: PCA & Methadone Use — Bethann Scarborough, MD
Family Meetings — Gabrielle Goldberg, MD
Stroke — Sara K. Rostanski, MD
Update in Dementia — Mary Sano, PhD
When It Comes to Conversations About Older People…We Need to Talk (Differently) — Helen M. Fernandez, MD, MPH
Principles in Geriatric Rehabilitation – Musculoskeletal Medicine — Joseph E. Herrera, DO
Pain Management and Assessment — Ayla Pelleg, MD
Pharmacotherapy for COVID-19: Where are We Now? — Sharon See, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, FCCP
Medication Management — Sharon See, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, FCCP and Shahla Baharlou, MD
Patient Priorities Care — Claire E. Davenport, MD, MS
Musculoskeletal Medicine — David C. Thomas, MD, MHPE
Culture & Palliative Care — Helen M. Fernandez, MD, MPH
HIV/AIDS in Older Adults — Beverly Forsyth, MD
Geriatric Emergency Medicine — Ula Y. Hwang, MD, MPH and Martine Sanon, MD
Office-Based Dementia Screening: Beyond the MMSE — Veronica Rivera, MD
Management of Heart Failure — Anuradha Lala-Trindade, MD
Palliative Care in ALS — Mara Lugassy, MD
Sleep Disorders — Steven H. Feinsilver, MD
Culturally Competent Approach to Geriatric, Palliative, Hospice, and End of Life Care for the LGBTQ Population — Noelle Marie C. Javier, MD and Gregory A. Hinrichsen, PhD
Anxiety — Priya Krishnasamy, MD
Diagnosis and Evaluation of Peripheral Vascular Disease — Reid A Ravin, MD
Teleconsultation in the Inpatient Setting — Claire Ankuda, MD and Christopher D. Woodrell, MD
Hazards of Hospitalization — Martine Sanon, MD
Oral Care: A Forgotten Care of Older Adults — Miriam R. Robbins, DDS, MS, DABSCD
CAD Management: Cardiac and Perioperative Risk Assessment — Newsha Ghodsi, MD
Constipation & Fecal Incontinence — Brijen Shah, MD
Thyroid Disease — Maria Skamagas, MD
Urinary Incontinence — Eileen H. Callahan, MD
Older Drivers, Tough Conversations — Tara Liberman, DO
Palliative Wound Care: Pearls and Pitfalls — Oscar M. Alvarez, PhD, CCT, FAPWCA
Advance Care Planning: Trends and Clinical Practice — Priya Krishnasamy, MD
De-Prescribing in the Context of Multi-Comorbidities — Cynthia M. Boyd, MD, MPH
Prevention in Older Adults — Nisha A. Rughwani, MD
Review of High Risk Ambulatory Geriatrics – The ALIGN Program — Stephanie Chow, MD, MPH
The Era of Telehealth for the Ambulatory Setting — Veronica Rivera, MD and Vanessa M. Rodriguez, MD
Medical Decision Making — Hannah I. Lipman, MD, MS
Symptom Management I: Constipation, SOB, Nausea, and Anorexia — Olusegun Apoeso, MD
Symptom Management II: Hiccups, Pruritus, Xerostomia, Fatigue and Bowel Obstruction — Deborah Afezolli, MD
Integrative Medicine — Lucia McBee, LCSW, MPH, CYI
End-of-Life Symptoms — Anup S. Bharani, MD and Nicole Loving, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN
Physiological Changes in Aging — Nisha A. Rughwani, MD
Pediatric Palliative Care — Emily Hahn, MD
COPD & Asthma — Patrick M. Chae, MD
Atrial Fibrillation — S. Andrew McCullough, MD
Basic Opioids 101 — Mollie A. Biewald, MD
Renal Palliative Care – Defining the Role of Kidney Supportive Care — Emily Lu, MD
Low Back Pain — Parag Sheth, MD
Osteoporosis — Barrie Weinstein, MD, CCD
Balance & Vertigo — James Gurley, PT, DPT, NCS and Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, FACS
Withdrawal of Non-Beneficial Treatments While Maintaining Care — Mollie A. Biewald, MD
Home Care — Elizabeth T. McCormick, MD and Jennifer M. Reckrey, MD
Dermatology — Caroline Halverstam, MD
Transitions of Care — Ania Wajnberg, MD and Katherine Wang, MD
Non E/M Billing Codes: Opportunities to Improve Care Coordination and Revenues (Getting Paid for Your Work) — Audrey K. Chun, MD and Linda V. DeCherrie, MD
Frailty — Fred Ko, MD, MSCR
Interventional Pain — Stelian I. Serban, MD
Overview of Gynecological Malignancies: Clinical Presentation and Treatment Options — Vishal Gupta, MD
COVID-19 in the Nursing Home — Jeffrey I. Farber, MD, MBA, FACP and Ruth Spinner, MD
Late Life Depression — Gary J. Kennedy, MD
Cardiovascular Disease – Part 1 — Mary Ann McLaughlin, MD, MPH, FACC
Cardiovascular Disease – Part 2 — Mary Ann McLaughlin, MD, MPH, FACC
Delirium — Joyce F. Fogel, MD, FACP, AGSF
Beyond Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia — Georges Naasan, MD
Parkinson’s & Movement Disorders — Winona Tse, MD
Don’t Kill Granny: Becoming a Better Doctor for Older Adults and the Seriously Ill — Rosanne M. Leipzig, MD, PhD
Palliative Radiation Therapy — Kavita V. Dharmarajan, MD, MSc
Hematologic Malignancies in the Elderly – Case Studies — Adriana Kaczaraj Malone, MD
Hypertension in Older Adults — Mary Ann McLaughlin, MD, MPH, FACC
Use of Adjuvants for Pain Management — Vanessa M. Rodriguez, MD
Refractory and End-of-Life Depression — Gary J. Kennedy, MD
Hip Fracture — Calin S. Moucha, MD
Geriatrics 5Ms: From Concept to Practice — Ravishankar Ramaswamy, MD, MS
Rheumatology — Leslie D. Kerr, MD
Infectious Disease: Pneumonia, UTI’s & C-Dif — Michael P. Mullen, MD
Management of Behavioral & Psychological Symptoms of Dementia — Melinda Lantz, MD
Managing Aortic Stenosis, Mitral Regurgitation & Antibiotic Prophylaxis — Tara Naib, MD
Addressing Total Pain: The Role of Interdisciplinary Teams — Rabbi Edith M. Meyerson, DMin, BCC and Joshua Lasseigne, RN, BSN, CHPN
Geriatric Assessment Tools — Vanessa M. Rodriguez, MD
Medical Marijuana: It’s High Time We Review the Evidence — Bethann Scarborough, MD and Nathan E. Goldstein, MD
Oncology: Breast, Lung & Colon Cancers — Felice LePar, MD, MPH
Using Digital Technology for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Older Adults — Allen D. Andrade, MD
An Overview of Cirrhosis for Geriatrics and Palliative Care Medical Providers — James F. Crismale, MD and Christopher D. Woodrell, MD
Feeding & Swallowing Disorders — Benjamin C. Tweel, MD
Anorexia, Cachexia & Weight Loss — Stephanie Chow, MD, MPH
Updated for Rerelease: November 30, 2021
Date Credits Expire: November 30, 2024