Maryland Medical Directors Association

The state chapter of our southern neighbor, Maryland Medical Directors Association holds their annual meeting on November 11 and 12, 2011, in Annapolis, MD. Click below for information on the program & reservations:
Reforming Nursing Home Practice: Focus on Safety & Quality

Geriatric Education for Providers

Geriatric Medicine online CME – an annotated list of online CME in geriatric medicine

GeriaSims are interactive "virtual patient" simulations on issues encountered in the care of older adults. Each simulation takes approximately 1 hour to complete, depending on your level of content knowledge. Topics include delirium, failure to thrive, functional assessment, palliative care, urinary incontinence, dementia, falls, ischemic  stroke, and polypharmacy

POGOe – Portal of Geriatric Online Education - a free public repository of a growing collection of geriatric educational materials in various e-learning formats, including lectures, exercises, virtual patients, case-based discussions, simulations, as well as links to other resources.

General lectures

  1. Managing Flu Outbreaks in LTC - Dr. David Nace, December 17, 2010

 

Geriatric Fellowship lectures

Powerpoint lectures from the Lancaster General Hospital Geriatric Fellowship program. These are public use documents that may be downloaded and adapted to your particular need.

  1. Urinary incontinence - Dr. Kristin Nebel, September 2010
  2. Psychosocial aspects of aging - Dr. Leon Kraybill, October 2010
  3. Dementia: Diagnostic and therapeutic considerations - Dr. Leon Kraybill, August 2010
  4. Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia - Dr. Leon Kraybill, February 2009
  5. Preventative care in the older patient - Dr. Christi Stewart, March 2010
  6. Osteoporosis - Dr. Kristin Nebel, March 2010
  7. Alcohol and Substance Abuse - Dr. Robert Howse, October 2010
    1. Alcohol - Clinician's guide
    2. Alcohol - Pocket guide
  8. Capacity Evaluation - Dr. Robert Howse, September 2010
  9. Elder Drivers - Dr. Robert Howse, September 2010
  10. Depression in the elderly - Dr. Laura Moyer, December 2010
  11. Individualized Decision Making in the Elderly - Dr. Matt Beelen, July 2010
  12. Sleep Disorders in the Elderly - Dr. Matt Beelen, November, 2010