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Geriatric Clinical Updates, Advanced Care Planning & Social Isolation in the Time of COVID
To begin the course, play the video below. There is a link below the video to complete the evaluation and post-test if you want to receive credit for this activity.
Starts On: 8/5/2020
Ends On: 8/4/2021
Session Type: Internet Activity Enduring Material
Course Number: MED23088B
Credits: 1.50
For Credit, complete the evaluation and post-test
This activity originated as a presentation at the CME activity, 48th Annual Advances in Internal Medicine, June 15, 2020.
Learning Objectives
- Describe how Covid-19 uniquely impacts older adults
- Describe strategies to improve advance care planning in older adults during the Covid-19 pandemic
- Describe strategies to improve the use of telemedicine in older adults during the Covid-19 pandemic
Faculty & Planning Committee
Eric Widera, MD
Professor of Medicine; Director,
Hospice and Palliative Care
San Francisco VA Medical Center
Rebecca Sudore, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics
Director, Innovation and Implementation Center in Aging and Palliative Care
Ashwin Kotwal, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Geriatrics
Disclosure of Financial Relationships
The above faculty speakers, moderators, and planning committee members have disclosed they have no financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any commercial companies who have provided products or services relating to their presentation(s) or commercial support for this continuing medical education activity.
Accreditation Information
The University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Geriatric Medicine: The approved credits shown above include 1.50 geriatric credits toward meeting the requirement under California Assembly Bill 1820, Geriatric Medicine.
Nurses: For the purposes of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Physician Assistants: AAPA accepts category 1 credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Pharmacy: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Psychologists: This educational activity is recognized by the California Board of Psychology as meeting the continuing education requirements toward license renewal for California psychologists. Psychologists are responsible for reporting their own attendance to the California Board of Psychology. Psychologists from other states should check with their respective licensing boards.