Caring for the geriatric patient: The initial visit

Program Description:

From the January issue of The Clinical Advisor, this activity is designed to help structure a geriatric patient history, identify conditions requiring screening in older adults and introduce other techniques for the first geriatric patient visit.

Activity Objectives:

After completing this activity, participants should be better able to:

• Structure a geriatric patient history


• Identify conditions requiring screening in older adults


• Assess elderly patients’ functional status and social situation


• State the elements of a physical examination that are of particular importance to the geriatric patient





Credits	Type	Accreditation Statement	Designation Statement
0.50	CE for Nurses	NPACE is an approved provider of continuing education by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, Inc. (MARN), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC).	NPACE designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.5 contact hour of credit. Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
0.50	AAPA Category I CME Credit	This program was planned in accordance with AAPA’s CME Standards for Enduring Material Programs and for Commercial Support of Enduring Material Programs.	This program has been reviewed and is approved for a maximum of 0.5 hour of AAPA Category I CME credit by the Physician Assistant Review Panel. Approval is valid for one year from the issue date of January 2010. Participants may submit the self-assessment at any time during that period.

Faculty:

Kanwal Awan, MD, Fellow,
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY


Disclosures:

Dr. Awan has no relationships to disclose relating to the content of this article.

Accredited Provider:

Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education and American Academy of Physician Assistants

CME credit earned by Physician Assistants on myCME.com or through The Clinical Advisor is provided by Haymarket Medical. That is the name you should search for when entering your information on the NCCPA site.

Instructions:

The Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.5 contact hours of credit. Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Posttests must be completed and submited online. You must receive a score of 70% or better on each test taken to obtain credit.

This program has been reviewed and is approved for a maximum of 0.5 hour of AAPA Category I CME credit by the Physician Assistant Review Panel. Approval is valid for one year from the issue date of January 2010. Participants may submit the self-assessment at any time during that period.

Posttests must be completed and submitted online. PAs may register at no charge at www.mycme.com. To obtain 0.5 hour of AAPA Category I CME credit, you must receive a score of 70% or better on each test taken.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

WINDOWS PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
266-MHz Pentium II; Windows 98 or higher; 64 MB RAM; 800 x 600 screen resolution set for “High Color (16-Bit)”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.

MACINTOSH^® SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Power Mac g3 at 300 MHz; System 8.5 or higher (excluding Mac OSX); 96 MB RAM; 20 MB minimum hard disk space available; 800 x 600 screen resolution set to “Thousands of Colors”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.