Program Information
Meet Your Host |
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James T. Pacala, MD, MS
Dr. Pacala, a board-certified family physician and geriatrician, is Distinguished Teaching Professor and Associate Head in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
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He received his baccalaureate degree from Carleton College and his MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. After completing a residency in Family Medicine at the University of Wisconsin/Madison, Dr. Pacala obtained a Masters degree in chronic disease epidemiology from Brown University, and completed two fellowships, one in Health Services Research in Gerontology (at Brown) and the other in clinical geriatrics (at the University of Connecticut). He has been on the faculty at the University of Minnesota since 1992.
Dr. Pacala is a board member and current Treasurer of the American Geriatrics Society. He has performed research and published extensively on models of care delivery to geriatric populations and on innovative teaching methods. In addition to his research publications, Dr. Pacala has served as co-author of the AGS Practice Handbook, Geriatrics At Your Fingertips, which is now in its 12th edition having sold over 250,000 copies. Dr. Pacala has also been involved in several editions of the AGS comprehensive geriatrics resource, the Geriatrics Review Syllabus, as a chapter author, a special advisor, an assistant editor, and for the 7th edition published in 2010, as Co-Editor-In-Chief. He is extensively involved in medical student education nationally and at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
Dr. Pacala has received several awards for his research, teaching, and clinical care, including the American Geriatrics Society’s Outstanding Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award (2002), the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award (1999), the University of Minnesota’s All-University post baccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education Teaching Award (2002), and the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center Award for Excellence in the Scholarship of Teaching (2009).
Enjoy a captivating, highly effective learning experience
Join your host, Dr James T. Pacala, MD, MS, as he speaks to GRS7 authors and contributors, uncovering the most relevant information to your everyday practice, expanding on particularly important points and clarify areas of potential confusion. Together they take you inside the GRS7.
The must-know essence of GRS7—plus valuable clinical pearls and practice tips
Guest experts are drawn from the ranks of the GRS7 chapter authors and contributors, so you’re assured reliability and are privy to the “inside word” on the GRS7 syllabus content. The guest specialists reveal their preferred diagnostic approaches and management strategies. They share how-to tips and techniques, warn you away from common pitfalls and offer dozens of invaluable clinical pearls from GRS7.
Expert answers to help you meet today’s toughest clinical challenges
GRS7 Audio Companion brings you first-hand patient care solutions across all six GRS7 topic areas. Through a series of 62, 30-minute interviews, GRS7 contributors discuss the following topics:
CURRENT ISSUES IN AGING
Demography • Biology • Psychosocial Issues • Legal and Ethical Issues • Financing, Coverage and Costs of Health Care
APPROACH TO THE PATIENT
Assessment • Cultural Aspects of Care • Physical Activity • Prevention • Pharmacotherapy • Complementary and Alternative Medicine • Mistreatment of Older Adults • Perioperative Care • Palliative Care • Persistent Pain
CARE SYSTEMS
Hospital care • Rehabilitation • Nursing-Home Care • Community-Based Care • Outpatient Care Systems
SYNDROMES
Frailty • Visual Impairment • Hearing Impairment • Dizziness • Syncope • Malnutrition • Eating and Feeding Problems • Urinary Incontinence • Gait Impairment • Falls • Osteoporosis • Dementia • Behavior Problems in Dementia • Delirium • Sleep Problems • Pressure Ulcers and Wound Care
PSYCHIATRY
Depression and Other Mood Disorders • Anxiety Disorders • Psychotic Disorders • Personality and Somatoform Disorders • Addictions • Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
DISEASE AND DISORDERS
Dermatologic Diseases and Disorders • Oral Diseases and Disorders • Respiratory Diseases and Disorders • Cardiovascular Diseases and Disorders • Heart Failure • Hypertension • Gastrointestinal Diseases and Disorders • Kidney Diseases and Disorders • Gynecologic Diseases and Disorders • Prostate Disease • Disorders of Sexual Function • Musculoskeletal Diseases and Disorders • Back and Neck Pain • Diseases and Disorders of the Foot • Neurologic Diseases and Disorders • Infections Diseases • Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders • Diabetes Mellitus • Hematologic Diseases and Disorders • Oncology |
Intended Audience
All health care professionals who want to stay up-to-date in geriatric medicine and those preparing for board examinations.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, participants caring for older adults 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; and
- Employ evidence-based data to increase the effectiveness of teaching geriatrics to all health professionals.
Accreditation
The American Geriatrics Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
American Medical Association (AMA) ▪ The AGS designates this enduring material for a maximum of 35 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The credit is available from October 2010 through April 2013.
AMA Credit
Publication Dates for the GRS7 Audio Companion: October 2010
CME Availability: October 1, 2010
Expiration Date: April 30, 2013
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) ▪ This activity, Geriatrics Review Syllabus 7th Edition Audio Companion, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 35 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. AAFP accreditation begins October 15, 2010. Term of approval is for two year(s) from this date, with option for yearly renewal.
AAFP Credit
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Submission Deadline Date: October 15, 2012
Notice
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