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Geriatric Update for the Primary Care Provider 2016
Course Director: David G. Bell, M.D. and Christina Chen, M.D.
The Mayo Clinic Division of Primary Care Internal Medicine is pleased to offer this one-day program to provide family practitioners, internists, general practitioners, advanced nurse practitioners and PAs with current information on the care of the elderly, including clinical evaluation, management strategies and innovative practice models.
Additional Information
Lodging Accommodations
Program Schedule
Available Credit
Exhibitor Information
Course Brochure
Exhibit Opportunity
This course offers the unique opportunity for commercial companies to interact with health care providers and highlight their products and services. If you are interested in exhibiting at this course, please complete the attached exhibit forms and submit to Kathy Fuqua.
Target Audience
This course is designed for primary care providers, including internists, family physicians, advanced nurse practitioners, and PAs who provide care for elderly patients, including those living in the community, assisted living, and nursing home settings.
Learning Objectives
Upon conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:
- Apply the results of recent blood pressure trials to the elderly patient and formulate appropriate targets for blood pressure management.
- Identify risk factors associated with frailty in older adults; utilize common frailty assessment tools and potential interventions.
- Recognize features of delirium in the elderly and summarize current preventive strategies.
- Identify common sexual issues in the aging female and formulate effective strategies for treatment.
- Employ targeted approaches to treating common symptoms at the end of life.
- Distinguish benign from malignant lesions in the geriatric patients.
- Recognize features of depression in late life; formulate effective treatment and follow-up strategies.
Attendance at this Mayo Clinic course does not indicate nor guarantee competence or proficiency in the performance of any procedures which may be discussed or taught in this course.
Available Credit
- 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™