Interdisciplinary Geriatrics Conference 2024

Friday, September 27, 2024, 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM, Corewell Health Southfield Center, Southfield, MI

This conference is intended for Corewell Health healthcare professionals desiring to increase knowledge and competence in geriatric patient care. Conference topics include, but are not limited to, mobility and assessment of older adults in the acute care setting, community resources, fall prevention, ACE unit development, and elder abuse related to financial crimes. 

1. Recognize the warning signs of elder financial exploitation and how to report, as well as define the elements of elder financial exploitation.
2. Identify the components and implementation of an ACE unit and the clinical and financial benefits.
3. Identify roles within the healthcare team as they relate to promoting patient functional and cognitive independence, determine what environmental modification steps should be taken to promote cognitive and physical engagement in activities, identify benefits of early mobilization and functional involvement, and review use of the 6-Clicks tool for understanding patient mobility needs.
4. Develop learner knowledge of resources, programs and services available to support older adults in the outpatient setting and within the community and recognize ways to become involved with community resources.
5. Recognize common medical conditions where lifestyle medicine is a helpful approach for our older adult patients

This conference is open to Corewell Health providers and employees only.

Registration Fee - $15

Online registration will remain open through September 24, 2024.  Onsite registration will not be available so make sure to register by the deadline!

Cancellations or refund requests must be received by September 12, 2024; a $5 cancellation processing fee will be assessed to all cancelled registrations. Cancellation or refund requests after September 12, 2024 will not be honored. To cancel a registration, please send an email to [email protected] with the name of the activity and “Cancellation” in the subject line.

Questions?
CME/CE – [email protected]
General Event – Holly McGran, [email protected] 

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (5.75 hours), AMA PRA Non-Physician (Attendance) (5.75 hours), Nursing CE (ANCC) (5.75 hours), Social Work CE (ASWB) (5.75 hours)

 

In support of improving patient care, Beaumont Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Medicine CME: Beaumont Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Nursing CE: Beaumont Health designates this activity for a maximum of 5.75 ANCC contact hours.  Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Work CE:  As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Beaumont Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 5.75 continuing education credits.

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Corewell Health Southfield Center
26901 Beaumont Boulevard
Southfield, MI  48033

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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Beaumont Health adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Friday, September 27, 2024