TOPICS/SPEAKERS/LEARNING OBJECTIVES :
Interprofessional education & collaborative practice - Kevin Costello, MD, MPH: Distinguish interprofessional education from multi-professional education and identify opportunities to use interprofessional education to improve curriculum content delivery while building an interprofessional collaborative practice-ready workforce.
Anticoagulation management & considerations post-fracture/bleeding risk prevention - Ugene Saño, PharmD, BCGP: Discuss the challenges encountered in anticoagulation management in frail older patients after experiencing a fracture and review strategies for optimizing anticoagulation in consideration of minimizing bleeding risk and patient-specific factors using primary literature and current guidelines.
A Conversation with the NEW Center for Hospice & Palliative Care at NYS DOH - Kara Travis, BA, BS: Meet the director of the CHPC & learn about the Center’s scope and work plan to learn how providers and their organizations can interact with the Center and inform future work in an engaging discussion about what a statewide Palliative Care benefit might look like.
Aging hearts: Cardiomyopathies in older adults - Radmila Lyubarova, MD, FACC: Describe how cardiomyopathies in older adults present unique challenges due to the complexities of aging physiology, comorbidities, and the subtle nature of symptoms and itify how advances in imaging and biomarker detection, along with new therapies, offer hope for early recognition and accurate diagnosis, effective management and improving outcomes in older patients.
DOH Update: Preparing for Survey - Jennifer Marie Moore DNP MSN BS: Describe best practices to prepare for a site visit and survey by identifying the most common citations & complaints reported for the calendar year 2024.
Trauma informed care & care planning in SNF - LeAnn R. Nelson, LCSW-R: Define trauma and trauma informed care, differentiate trauma specific services from trauma informed care and discuss steps and considerations for trauma informed care planning.
CME/CMD/MOC info to follow.
The New York Society for Post-acute and Long-term Care (NYSPALTC) offers free registration to qualified Geriatric Fellows or Internal Medicine/Family Practice Residents to attend either of its twice yearly educational meetings. Meetings take place in May in Albany, NY and November in Queens, NY. It's a great opportunity to meet many of the leaders in Geriatric Medicine in NY State while attending these educational events.
Eligible fellows/residents interested in free registration at the Fall meeting should submit an e-mail of interest to include current training site, expected date of completion and future plans. Applicants should cc their current program director on this email. Free registration to conferences will be offered to eligible applicants on a first come first serve basis as funding is limited. Interested applicants should apply by email to info@nyspaltc.org.
Check out photos from our Nov 2024 meeting in Queens, NY:
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