Pleas=
e join
us for June’s Geriatric Lunchtime Learning event in Room 2000 of the =
WVU
Health Sciences Center building at 3110 MacCorkle Ave., Charleston, WV on
Wednesday, 06/22/11 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm.
OR=
You m=
ay
access it via htt=
p://www.camcinstitute.org/education/catalogs/geriatrics.htm
website
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GERIATR=
ICS
LUNCHTIME LEARNING
Memorial Hospital- ‘LIVE”=
;- WVU
Building Room 2000
General Hospital- Rooms 101-102
3rd floor Classroom at Women and
Children’s Hospital
CAMC TVH- Check with Administration =
for
specifics, Ext. 792
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.=
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SPEAKERS:
=
MaryLou
Lewis, MD
=
Clinical
Ethicist
=
Charleston,
WV
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 i=
n
primary care and all specialties, nurses, dietitians, social workers,
pharmacists, and all other interested health care professionals<=
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style=3D'color:green'>.
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU NEED TO BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH =
TO
ENJOY DURING THE PROGRAM
Objectives: At the conclusion of this program, participants sho=
uld be
able to:
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· =
Explain
the ethical imperative to treat patients using appropriate treatment modali=
ties
regardless of age;
· &n=
bsp;
Discuss
skills of medical assessment to determine appropriate treatment regardless =
of
stated age; it is not the chronological age, but physiological age;
· &n=
bsp;
Express
the sensibilities of older adults which engender respect and understanding;=
and
· &n=
bsp;
Discuss
skills in use of appropriate language with older adults.
Accreditation
Physicians-The
CAMC Health Education and Research Institute’s CME program is accredi=
ted
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor
continuing medical education for physicians. The CAMC Health Education and
Research Institute designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1<=
i>
AMA PRA Category I credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credi=
t
commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.=
Nurses-=
The CAMC Health Education and Researc=
h
Institute is accredited as a provider of continuing education by the West
Virginia
Nurses
Association, which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in
nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing
CenterR=
17;s
Commission on Accreditation. This offering (P015-11-11253) has been approve=
d
for 1 contact hour.
Social =
Work-The CAMC Health Education and Resear=
ch
Institute is an approved provider of continuing education by the West Virgi=
nia
Board of Social Work Examiners. This program has been approved for 1 =
hour
of social work credit. Approval number #490045.
Dietitians-<=
/b>This program has been approved for 1 CPE hour by =
the
Commission on Dietetic Registration, the credentialing agency for the Ameri=
can
Dietetic Association.
Pharmacy-The
CAMC Health Education and Research Institute is accredited by the American
Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy
education. This knowledge based program has been approved for 1 conta=
ct
hour(s) under program approval number 0554-0000-11-044-LO4-P
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