CME Schedule

Upcoming Special Conferences

QMC Conference on Geriatric Medicine: “United We Stand, Divided They Fall”
May 22, 2008
(Thursday)
Ko`olau Golf Club
AMA PRA Category Credit  6.75
Fee and pre-registration required.

Speaker:
Guest Faculty: Debra Rose, PhD (Associate Professor, Division of Kinesiology and Health Science, and Co-Director, Center for Successful Again, California State University at Fullerton, California), Laurence Z. Rubenstein, MD, MHP, FACP (Professor of Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA) and Hawaii Faculty: Iqbal “Ike” Ahmed, MD (Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UH JABSOM), Michael Bornemann, MD (Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, UH JABSOM), Carol China, RPh (Behavioral Health/PCU Pharmacist, The Queen’s Medical Center), Daniel J. Galanis, PhD (Epidemiologist, Injury Prevention and Control Program, Hawaii Department of Health), Michele Hadano, RN (Nurse Manager, QMC), Hao Chih Ho, MD (Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, UH JABSOM, and Medical Director, Trauma Services, QMC), Shari L. Kogan, MD (Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Geriatric Medicine, UH JABSOM, and Medical Director, Geriatric Services, QMC), Morris M. Mitsunaga, MD (Chief, Department of Orthopedics, QMC), Stephanie Thomson, RN, BSN (Nurse Manager, QMC), and Stephen J. Wallach, MD (Medical Director, Utilization Management, QMC)

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe briefly the significance of falls among seniors in Hawaii.
2. Cite evidence-based interventions identified as effective in preventing falls.
3. Identify at least three (3) traumatic injuries related to falls and the anticipated outcomes associated with such injuries.
4. Discuss briefly factors to consider in selecting a fall reduction program for a specific population.
5. Identify four (4) major risk factors related to falls in the elderly.
6. Discuss briefly the management of agitation in the patient with dementia.
7. Describe effective assessment of gait and balance.
8. Discuss briefly two (2) screening and assessment tools used to predict risk for elders.
9. Discuss briefly the benefits of medical comanagement of traumatic fractures in the elderly.
10. Identify three (3) appropriate medications used to manage delirium in the elderly.
11. Identify three (3) major risk factors for osteoporosis.
12. State three (3) changes in pharmacokinetics in the elderly.

Commercial Support:
TBD

For More Information/Registration:
Phone: 808.547.4406.
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