GRS7 Audio Companion gives you:

• First-hand advice. Build your knowledge base and improve your patient care.
• All-new practice-focused commentary and clinical pearls that help support clinical decisions in practice.
• Ability to prepare for Board Examinations.
• Exclusive insider perspectives from GRS7 authors and contributors.
• Ability to sharpen your decision-making skills.
• Valuable GRS7 pearls—how-to tips and techniques, preferred treatment approaches, pitfalls to avoid, proven
  practice-builders, and more.
• CME Credits: Earn up to 35 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™  or 35 AAFP Prescribed credits.

Available in your choice of convenient and timesaving audio formats:

• MP3 Audio Disc — Load onto your PC, Mac, MP3 player, or any portable audio devise
• Compact Disc — Play in your car, computer or CD player. Listen to the GRS7 highlights while commuting, excercising or whenever you have some spare time.

Enjoy a captivating, highly effective learning experience
Join your host, Dr James T. Pacala, MD, MS, as he speaks to GRS7 authors and contributors, uncovering the most relevant information to your everyday practice, expanding on particularly important points and clarify areas of potential confusion. Together they take you inside the GRS7.

The must-know essence of GRS7—plus valuable clinical pearls and practice tips
Guest experts are drawn from the ranks of the GRS7 chapter authors and contributors, so you’re assured reliability and are privy to the “inside word” on the GRS7 syllabus content. The guest specialists reveal their preferred diagnostic approaches and management strategies. They share how-to tips and techniques, warn you away fromcommon pitfalls and offer dozens of invaluable clinical pearls from GRS7.

Quick and simple CME credits
Listen to the audio and complete a brief CME quiz after each section- and you can easily earn as many as 35 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ using the GRS7 Audio Companion.

Expert answers to help you meet today’s toughest clinical challenges GRS7 AudioCompanion brings you first-hand patient care solutions across all six GRS7 topic areas. Through a series of 30-minute interviews, GRS7 contributors discuss the following topics:

CURRENT ISSUES IN AGING
Demography • Biology • Psychosocial Issues •Legal and Ethical Issues • Financing, Coverage and Costs of Health Care

APPROACH TO THE PATIENT
Assessment • Cultural Aspects of Care • Physical Activity • Prevention • Pharmacotherapy • Complementary and Alternative Medicine • Mistreatment of Older Adults • Perioperative Care • Palliative Care • Persistent Pain

CARE SYSTEMS
Hospital care • Rehabilitation • Nursing-Home Care • Community-Based Care • Outpatient Care Systems

SYNDROMES
Frailty • Visual Impairment • Hearing Impairment • Dizziness • Syncope • Malnutrition • Eating and Feeding Problems • Urinary Incontinence • Gait Impairment • Falls • Osteoporosis • Dementia • Behavior Problems in Dementia • Delirium • Sleep Problems • Pressure Ulcers and Wound Care

PSYCHIATRY
Depression and Other Mood Disorders • Anxiety Disorders • Psychotic Disorders • Personality and Somatoform Disorders • Addictions • Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

DISEASE AND DISORDERS
Dermatologic Diseases and Disorders • Oral Diseases and Disorders • Respiratory Diseases and Disorders • Cardiovascular Diseases and Disorders • Heart Failure • Hypertension • Gastrointestinal Diseases and Disorders • Kidney Diseases and Disorders • Gynecologic Diseases and Disorders • Prostate Disease • Disorders of Sexual Function • Musculoskeletal Diseases and Disorders • Back and Neck Pain • Diseases and Disorders of the Foot • Neurologic Diseases and Disorders • Infections Diseases • Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders • Diabetes Mellitus • Hematologic Diseases and Disorders • Oncology

Audience: All health care professionals who want to stay up-to-date in geriatric medicine and those preparing for board examinations.

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, participants caring for older adults will be better able to:

• Describe the general principles of aging and the biomedical and psychosocial issues of aging;
• Discuss legal and ethical issues related to geriatric medicine;
• Evaluate the financing of health care for older persons;
• Identify the basic principles of geriatric medicine, including assessment, geriatric pharmacotherapy, prevention, exercise, palliative care, rehabilitation, and sensory deficits;
• Use state-of-the-art approaches to geriatric care while providing care in hospital, office-practice, nursing-home, and home-care settings;
• Diagnose andmanage geriatric syndromes, including dementia, delirium, urinary incontinence,malnutrition, osteoporosis, falls, pressure ulcers, sleep disorders, pain, dysphagia, and dizziness;
• Apply relevant information from the fields of internal medicine, neurology, psychiatry, dermatology, and gynecology to the care of older patients;
• Adjust patient care in the light of evidence-based data regarding the particular risks and needs of ethnic, racial, and sexual patient groups;
• Use quality indicators to assess and improve the care of older adults in their own practices; and
• Employ evidence-based data to increase the effectiveness of teaching geriatrics to all health professionals.

Accreditation: The American Geriatrics Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

American Medical Association (AMA) ▪ The AGS designates this educational activity for a maximum of 35 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The credit is available from October 2010 through April 2013.

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) • This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 35 Prescribed credit(s) by the AAFP. AAFP accreditation begins October 15, 2010. Term of approval is for two year(s) from this date, with option for yearly renewal.

Publication Dates for the GRS7 Audio Companion: October 2010

CME Availability: October 1, 2010 Expiration Date: April 30, 2013

For information about the American Geriatrics society, visit www.americangeriatrics.org. For information about other AGS publications, click here.

Return Policy - Effective September 1, 2011
Due to the nature of this product, its audio/video format and educational content, no refunds are permitted. You may return the product within 15 days of receipt and receive a credit reflective of the original price you paid for the item. This credit may be applied as payment to any product(s) produced by Oakstone Medical Publishing.
 
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