Geriatric Medicine CME Courses
Geriatric Medicine CME Courses
The 36th Annual UCLA Intensive Course in Geriatric Medicine & Board Review aims to enhance your knowledge of essential topics in primary and specialty care of your aging patients. Led by Zaldy Tan, MD, MPH, this CME program will help you to keep pace with the latest developments and to prepare for certification or re-certification exams in geriatric medicine offered by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and the American Board of Family Practice (ABFP).
This board review will help you to better:
- Apply principles of geriatric assessment, geriatric pharmacology, rehabilitation, and long-term care to the patient care setting
- Recognize major geriatric syndromes such as incontinence, pain management, and osteoporosis, and describe appropriate approaches
- Create personalized medication regimens for medically complex older adults
- Identify psychosocial problems and ethical issues in decision-making, and formulate an approach to these problems
Discover the Latest Trends
This Geriatric and Palliative Medicine CME program brings you the latest trends and best practices for managing geriatric syndromes and improving patient outcomes. Intensive Update with Board Review in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine covers topics like late-life depressions, sleep disorders, surgical emergencies, capacity assessment, falls, hospice, etc. It will help you to better:
- Recognize and effectively manage the major geriatric syndromes
- Understand the benefits and drawbacks of novel therapies for older adults
- Assess and manage pain and non-pain issues
- Prepare for the ABIM geriatric and palliative medicine board exams
- Evaluate and guide medical interventions to improve patient quality of life