Geriatrics CME

This clinically based Geriatric and Palliative Medicine CME course will provide physicians with a broad coverage of fundamental topics, current trends, and treatments in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine.

Topics covered in this course include:

• Update in Dementia
• Prognostication of Chronic Disease
• Geriatrics and Palliative Care in the Nursing Home
• Nutrition/Hydration in Serious Illness
• Perioperative Management
• Palliative Care in Heart Failure

Afrer completing this course, physicians will better be able to

• Recognize and effectively manage the major geriatric syndromes
• Understand the benefits and drawbacks of novel therapies for older adults
• Assess and manage pain and non-pain issues
• Prepare for the ABIM geriatric and palliative medicine board exams
• Evaluate and guide medical interventions to improve patient quality of life
• Prepare for the ABIM geriatric and palliative medicine board exams

Topics covered by the GRS9 Audio Companion – 9th Edition include:
Assessment, Multimorbidity, Caregiving, Cultural Aspects of Care, Physical Activity, Pharmacotherapy, Perioperative Care, Palliative Care, Pain Management, Nursing Home Care and many others.

At the conclusion of the GRS9 Audio Companion – 9th Edition, you 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

Target Audience: Primary care providers who work with older adults.

Developed by TMCI Global and the Society of Cannabis Clinicians (SCC), the Clinical Cannabinoid Medicine Curriculum is the first comprehensive, online CME-certified curriculum designed to educate the practicing clinician on both the research and clinical practice aspects of the therapeutic use of cannabis.

While reviewing Clinical Cannabinoid Medicine Curriculum, you will learn:
• The fundamentals of the Endocannabinoid System
• The use of cannabis in a clinical setting
• The delivery and dosage of medical cannabis
• Mental health and the psychiatric application of medical cannabis

Clinical Cannabinoid Medicine Curriculum includes a bonus module on Cannabinoid Chemistry authored by Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, a professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel and leading authority on Medical Cannabis science.

Target Audience:
All healthcare practitioners; the curriculum was designed to educate the practicing clinician on both the research and clinical practice aspects of the therapeutic use of cannabis.

After viewing Osteoporosis Management: Advances in Pharmacotherapy, you will be able to:
• Apply the results of diagnostic imaging and pertinent past medical history to determine a given patient’s diagnosis of osteoporosis or osteopenia
• Describe the criteria for initiation of pharmacotherapy for osteoporosis treatment and prevention
• Identify investigational pharmacotherapeutic treatments for management of osteoporosis, and describe their mechanisms of action and likely place in therapy
• Describe the challenges associated with treating patients with osteoporosis, focus specifically on the risks (e.g., adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, etc.) of the agents used to treat and prevent osteoporosis and apply the information in optimizing patient care

Target Audience:
Endocrinologists, geriatricians, internists; physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and pharmacists who specialize in those areas of medicine and those who otherwise commonly care for patients with osteoporosis.

There are many Geriatric activities that users can engage in to earn CME credits available on this site and broaden their knowledge about Geriatric Psychiatry.

Target Audience: Geriatric Psychiatrists.

This is a biweekly webinar series as well as archived slides/lectures.

Topics cross all domains of palliative care and are relevant to every member of the interdisciplinary team.

Target Audience:
Primary care physicians, multiple specialties, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

Each week, three articles in the New England Journal of Medicine have a companion CME exam available online. You can earn up to one CME credit for each exam successfully completed. NEJM subscribers receive 20 online exams per year as part of their subscription. Non-subscribers may pay on an hourly basis ($19 per single credit or $109 for 10 exams) and read the articles and take the exams completely online.

Target Audience:
Physicians focusing on Family Medicine and Internal Medicine.