Oakstone CME GRS12 Audio Companion – 12th Edition

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On-the-Go CME: Advancing Geriatric Medicine

The GRS12 Audio Companion is your trusted resource for advancing knowledge and confidence in geriatric medicine. Designed for primary care providers who work with older adults, this program delivers practical how-to tips, preferred treatment strategies, and valuable GRS12 pearls that will enhance your clinical decision-making and help you prep for board exams.

Hear directly from American Geriatric Society GRS12 chapter authors as they deliver trusted, evidence-based perspectives across nine key areas:

• Foundations in Aging
• Care Systems
• Approach to the Patient
• What Matters
• Mind
• Mobility
• Medication
• Multicomplexity – Geriatric Syndromes
• Multicomplexity – Diseases and Disorders

Access this easy-to-use continuing medical education tool anytime online or via our free Oakstone Audio CME app.

Learning Objectives

The learning objectives for this activity have been designed to improve participant knowledge, competence, performance, and patient outcomes. At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

• Describe the general principles of aging and the biomedical and psychosocial issues of aging (knowledge)
• Discuss legal and ethical issues related to geriatric medicine (knowledge/competence)
• Evaluate the financing of health care for older persons (knowledge/competence)
• Identify the basic principles of geriatric medicine, including assessment, prognostication, pharmacotherapy, prevention, exercise, palliative care, rehabilitation, and sensory deficits (knowledge/competence)
• Use state-of-the-art approaches to geriatric care while providing care in hospital, office-practice, nursing-home, and home-care settings (performance)
• Diagnose and manage geriatric syndromes, including dementia, delirium, urinary incontinence, malnutrition, osteoporosis, falls, pressure injuries, sleep disorders, pain, dysphagia, and dizziness (performance)
• Apply relevant information from the fields of internal medicine, neurology, psychiatry, dermatology, dentistry, and gynecology to the care of older patients (performance)
• Provide patient care in the light of evidence-based data regarding the particular risks and needs of various ethnic, racial, and sexual patient groups (patient outcomes)
• Use quality indicators to assess and improve the care of older adults (performance/patient outcomes)
• Use evidence-based data to increase the effectiveness of teaching geriatrics to all health professionals (performance)

Target Audience

This course is intended for primary care providers who work with older adults.

Additional credit info

Oakstone Publishing is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation

Oakstone Publishing designates this enduring material for a maximum of 31.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.