
COURSE CREDITS & HOURS
14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™14 ACPE Credits
14.0 Contact Hours
COURSE FEES
TARGET AUDIENCE
PROGRAM PURPOSE
- "Whose Life Is It Anyway"
Advanced Directives and End of Life Care Part 1
Objectives: After this session, the learner will be able to:- Distinguish physician paternalism from patient autonomy from partnerships
- "Whose Life Is It Anyway"
Advanced Directives and End of Life Care Part 2
Objectives: After this session, the learner will be able to:- Apply knowledge to challenging end of life case scenarios.
- "Get Smart" About Diabetic Management In The Geriatric Population
Objectives: After this session, the learner will be able to:- Recognize differences in treatment strategies and goals in the diabetic geriatric patient
- "Driving Miss Daisy": Driving Assessment of the Elderly
Objectives: After this session, the learner will be able to:- Give examples of aging changes that may affect driving skills
- How to Be A GENE-ius: An Entertaining Guide Through Genetic Drug Sensitivity Testing
Objectives: After this session, the learner will be able to:- Interpret and use genetic testing in clinical practice
- C. difficile - Muy Dificil
Objectives: After this session, the learner will be able to:- Select the best treatment options for recurrent C. difficile
- The Ten Commandments of Medical Ethics
Objectives: After this session, the learner will be able to:- Describe how using medical ethics can help with decision making in clinical practice
- Osteoporosis
Objectives: At the end of this session, the learner will be able to:- Evaluate screening recommendations and apply them to everyday practice
- Utilize therapies that include bisphosphonates, PTH and inhibitors of the RANK/RANKL/OPG system
- Recommend appropriate vitamin D therapy
- Better advise patients on calcium supplementation
- Redefining Alzheimer's Disease
Objectives: At the end of this session, the learner will be able to:- Define Mild Cognitive Impairment in both amnestic and non-amnestic disease states
- Understand the potential implications of early diagnosis of dementia for patient care outcomes
- Describe the clinical manifestations of Alzheimer's disease
- Evaluate patients for symptoms of cognitive and functional loss
- Apply appropriate drug and non-drug interventions for patients with dementia
- Counsel families and caregivers at all stages of disease
- To Sleep: Perchance to Dream
Objectives: At the end of this session, the learner will be able to:- Describe the age-related changes in sleep
- Evaluate the psychiatric, medical, and neurological causes of sleep problems
- Implement office-based and objective methods for evaluating sleep disordered breathing
- Intervene with appropriate treatments for complaints of insomnia
- Management of Constipation
Objectives: At the end of this session, the learner will be able to:- Understand the common barriers that hinder the optimal management of chronic constipation in health care settings
- Define primary as well as secondary causes of hypertension in the older adult
- Provide a rational strategy to manage constipation based on current best evidence of the drug classes currently available
- Where Pain Management Meets Addiction Medicine
Objectives: At the end of this session, the learner will be able to:- Understand the pathogenesis of pain
- Apply recent guidelines in pain management
- Choose appropriate drug therapy and multimodal interventions for the relief of pain
- Enroll in your state's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)
- Balance the management of patients who present with both pain and opioid addiction
- Pulmonary Disease in the Elderly
Objectives: At the end of this session, the learner will be able to:- Evaluate current trends in pulmonary disease in the elderly
- Review current immunization guidelines and supportive therapy
- Discuss the key components of managing respiratory illness
- Implement the appropriate use of nebulizers, MDIs and oxygen
- Apply guideline directed care to patients with COPD
- Nutritional Supplements: When East meets West
Objectives: At the end of this session, the learner will be able to:- Understand that adequate nutrition is a prerequisite for the maintenance of good health and optimum efficiency
- Find the on-line resources that provide the best evidence in support of dietary and nutritional supplements
- Identify targeted supplements for heart disease, vision, depression/mood, and urologic disorders
- Council patients on the risks of certain therapies in the presence of other disease
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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Conference Sessions generally take place on days at sea (as itinerary allows), giving you plenty of time to enjoy your meals, evenings and ports of call with your companion, family and friends.