The 36th Annual UCLA 2023 Intensive Course in Geriatric Medicine & Board Review will teach you fundamental and specialist care for elderly patients. This Zaldy Tan, MD, MPH-led CME program prepares you for ABIM and ABFP geriatric medicine certification or re-certification tests.
The board review will help:
- Treat patients using geriatric assessment, medication, rehabilitation, and long-term care.
- Incontinence, pain management, and osteoporosis plague seniors. Discuss effective therapies.
- Customise medicine plans for challenging seniors.
- Identify and resolve psychosocial and ethical decision-making issues.
Lesson Goals of UCLA 2023:
After UCLA 2023 Participants can:
- Treat patients using geriatric assessment, medication, rehabilitation, and long-term care.
- Learn about medical specialties and geriatric care.
- Identify and resolve psychosocial and ethical decision-making issues.
- Discover how geriatric medicine treats incontinence, pain, and osteoporosis.
- Individualised medication regimens improve health outcomes for older adults with complex medical needs.
Audience Goal:
UCLA 2023 is for health professionals who want to improve their skills in caring for older persons and physicians preparing for the ABIM and ABFP Geriatric Medicine certification or re-certification exams.
TOPICS/SPEAKERS of UCLA 2023:
General Principles of Aging
- Physiology of Aging –Â Zaldy Tan, MD, MPH
- Live Long and Prosper! Mechanisms to Delay Aging –Â Steven Castle, MD
- Pharmacokinetic Considerations in the Elderly –Â Patrick Chan, PharmD, PhD
- Geriatrics Literature Update: 2019 –Â Arun S. Karlamangla, MD, PhD
- David H. Solomon Memorial Award Lecture Implementation and Scaling of New Models of Geriatrics Care –Â Albert L. Siu, MD, MSPH
- Preventive Health Care in the Geriatric Patient: What Are We Trying to Prevent? –Â Erin Atkinson Cook, MD
- Infections in Older Persons –Â Tara Vijayan, MD
Falls and Musculoskeletal
- Falls: Assessment and Management –Â David A. Ganz, MD, PhD
- Geriatric Rehabilitation –Â Dixie Aragaki, MD
- Rheumatology Therapeutic Advances: Vasculitis, Gout, and Rheumatoid Arthritis –Â Arash A. Horizon, MD
- Nutrition Through the Ages –Â Zhaoping Li, MD, PhD
Aging Organ Systems
- Common GI Issues in Older Persons –Â Kevin Ghassemi, MD
- Prostate Disease –Â Chad Baxter, MD
- Urinary Incontinence –Â Ja-Hong Kim, MD
- Pulmonary Diseases in Older Persons –Â Eric Kleerup, MD
- Chronic Kidney Disease –Â James Wilson, MD, MS, FACP
Cardiovascular Conditions
- Hypertension in Older Adults –Â Anjay Rastogi, MD, PhD
- Atrial Fibrillation –Â Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD
- Update in the Management of Heart Failure –Â Freny Vaghaiwalla Mody, MD
- Perioperative Assessment in the Older Adult –Â Sondra Vazirani, MD, MPH
- Geriatric Cardiology: Approach to Cardiovascular Disease Management about Aging – Deena Goldwater, MD, PhD
- Quality Improvement: Controversies in Long-Term Care –Â Dan Osterweil, MD, FACP
Endocrine and Hematologic Disorders
- Hematologic Disease in the Elderly –Â Gary Schiller, MD, FACP
- Osteoporosis: An Overview –Â Carolyn J. Crandall, MD, MS
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus –Â Pejman Cohan, MD
- Endocrine Disorders in Older Persons –Â Jane E. Weinreb, MD
- Vision Loss in the Elderly –Â Mitra Nejad, MD
Pain Management, Palliative Care, and Dermatology
- Geriatric Pain Management –Â Irene I. Wu, MD
- Palliative Care in the Older Patient –Â Rebecca Yamarik, MD
- Assessing and Managing Pressure Ulcers –Â Barbara M. Bates-Jensen, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
- Geriatric Dermatology –Â Jennifer C. Haley, MD
- Gaining Clarity About Confusion: Sorting Out Impaired Cognition with Selected Cases –Â David B. Reuben, MD
- Topics in Geriatric Endocrinology –Â Albert Shieh, MD
Geriatric Neurology/Psychiatry I
- The Spectrum of Cognitive Dysfunction –Â David B. Reuben, MD
- Pharmacological Treatment Across Dementia Syndromes –Â Sarah Kremen, MD
- Psychiatric and Behavioral Symptoms in Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias – Aaron H. Kaufman, MD
- Sleep Problems in Older People –Â Cathy A. Alessi, MD
- Arthur C. Cherkin Memorial Award Lecture –Â Miia Kivipelto, MD, PhD
Geriatric Neurology/Psychiatry II
- Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease in the Geriatric Population – Yvette M. Bordelon, MD, PhD
- Anxiety Disorders in the Elderly –Â Benjamin M. Shapiro, MD
- Advances in Treatment and Management of Late-Life Depression – Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA
- Substance Abuse in the Older Patient –Â Pauline Wu, DO
See Also: 39th Annual Review Geriatric Medicine ( 91 MP4 + 53 PDF )
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