Geriatrics Lunchtime Learning

Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Time:12:00 noon – 1:00pm   

Presentation: “A Practical Approach to Drug Therapy for Older Adults”

Speaker: David Elliott, PharmD

Self enrollment and sole course link:  https://sole.hsc.wvu.edu/Public/SelfEnroll/2629[sole.hsc.wvu.edu] 
 
Locations: Memorial Hospital - WVU Building Room 2000, General Hospital - Rooms 101-102

Live feeds: NEW! Participate with ZOOM https://echo.zoom.us/j/376688451 Remote participants can use ZOOM Chat for live Q&A Archived for CE at http://camcinstitute.org/education/catalogs/geriatrics.htm

Please contact Josh Kent 304.388.9963 for questions about the remote connection or any other inquiries. 
 
Join us for our monthly Geriatrics Lunchtime Learning Series designed to promote interdisciplinary teams and quality care for geriatric patients. Target audience for this activity includes physicians in primary care and all specialties, nurses, dietitians, social workers, pharmacists, and all other interested health care professionals. 
 
Disclosure: Information concerning faculty, speaker and planning committee relationships will be available on site and disclosed to the audience from the podium. The presenter has disclosed that no commercial relationships exist. 
 
Objectives: At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to  List seven components of a strategy to optimize pharmacotherapy for an older adult  Find free tools to use to improve the documentation of a patient’s medication history  List the five components of the Geriatric 5Ms  Identify two types of medications which should be minimized for any older adult  Describe three drug types which should be used cautiously for any older adult  Find free resources to use to improve the care of older adults with limited health literacy 
 
Accreditation:
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by The West Virginia Geriatrics Society and CAMC Health Education and Research Institute. CAMC Health Education and Research Institute is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Physicians- CAMC Health Education and Research Institute’s CME program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.  CAMC Health Education and Research Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category I credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.  
 
Pharmacy – The CAMC Health Education and Research Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider  of continuing pharmacy education. This knowledge based RSS activity provides 1.0 contact Hours (JA0006133-9999-19-060-L04P). To receive credit participants must complete the sign-in sheet, attend each session and complete an evaluation. ACPE credits will be posted to the CPE Monitor within six (6) weeks following the activity.  

Nurses- The CAMC Health Education and Research Institute is an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This offering has been approved for 1 contact hours. Expiration date is 2 years from the course date (JA00026-21-19-205) 
 
Social Work- CAMC Health Education and Research Institute is an approved provider of continuing education by the West Virginia Board of Social Work Examiners.  This program has been approved for 1 hour of social work credit.  Approval number #490045. 
 
Dietitians-This program can be submitted for 1 CEU to the Commission on Dietetic Registration, the credentialing agency for the American Dietetic Association.