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Intensive Update with Board Review in Geriatric & Palliative Medicine
Sunday, October 4 – Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Course Content
Course Highlights
- Small Intimate Case-Based Workshops
- One-on-One Mentoring
- Networking Opportunities
- Latest Evidence-Based Knowledge in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
- Board Review Q&A Sessions
The course will provide of comprehensive plenary session review of the following topics:
- Geriatrics 2009
- Palliative Care 2009
- Physiological Changes in Aging
- Parkinson's and Movement Disorders
- Late Life Depression
- Falls
- Medication Management
- Medical Decision Making
- Principles in Geriatric Rehabilitation
- Prevention
- Stroke
- Dementia
- Management of Dementia
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
- Frailty
- Hospice
- Renal Diseases & Disorders
- Symptom Management
- Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic & Terminal Illnesses
- Delirium
- Medicare
- Urinary Incontinence
- Management of Comorbidities in Older Adults
Daily workshops will be offered in the following areas
- Low Back Pain
- Emergency Medicine
- Medication Management
- Musculoskeletal Medicine
- Gynecology
- Wound Care
- Rheumatology: Gout & PMR
- Ischemia
- Capacity Assessment
- Valvular Disease
- End of Life Symptoms
- COPD & Asthma
- Family Meetings
- Hearing
- Anorexia, Cachexia & Weight Loss
- Non-Pain Symptom Management
- Geriatric Assessment
- Oncology: Breast, Lung, & Colon Cancers
- Exercise Prescriptions
- Vision in the Elderly
- Infectious Disease: Pneumonia, UTIs, & C-Dif
- Grief, Bereavement & Psychosocial Issues
- Osteoporosis
- Management of Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia
- Pain Management II (Advanced)
- Anticoagulation
- Home Care
- Perioperative Care
- Constipation
- The Last Hours of Living
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Insomnia
- Hypertension
- Acute Abdomen
- CHF
- Anemia
- Foot Diseases & Disorders
- 20-Minute Geriatric Visit
- Urinary Incontinence
- Depression
- Pediatric Palliative Care
- Hazards of Hospitalization
- Feeding & Swallowing Disorders
- Billing and Documentation
- Dermatology I
- Thyroid Disease
- Hematological Malignancies
- Prognostication of Chronic Disease
- ove and Sex After 60
- Biology of Aging
- Pain Management I
- Mindfulness & Massage Therapy
- Advance Care Planning
- Complementary/Alternative Medicine
- Anxiety
- Palliative Care in the ICU
- Weight Management
- Dermatology II
- BPH & Prostate Cancer
- Diabetes
- Falls
- Imbalance and Vertigo
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