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Geriatric & Aging Medicine Conferences

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Weekly presentations on multidisciplinary geriatric topics by an expert speaker.

Geriatric Fellows' Conference

Weekly conference of subjects relative to geriatric medicine fellowship training including lectures, literature reviews and case presentations.

Geriatric Journal Club

Interdisciplinary weekly rotating review of all clinically relevant journals pertinent to geriatrics. Faculty, fellows, and interdisciplinary health care professionals from the community participate in the reviews.

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Geriatric Grand Round Schedule




May - June 2008

The Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center at Monroe Community Hospital,
Department of Medicine and the University of Rochester, Department of Medicine
provides Geriatric Medicine Grand Rounds on Wednesday mornings
(11:00 AM-12:00 PM) at Monroe Community Hospital, 435 E. Henrietta Road,
Auditorium A - Hope 1. Geriatric Medicine Grand Rounds meet from September - June.

May 7

Practical Management of In-Patient Hyperglycemia
Gerald S. Ginsberg, MD

May 14

Quality Grand Rounds:  Interface Between the Nursing Facility and the Emergency Department
Suzanne Gillespie, MD
Paul Katz, MD
Manish Shah, MD

May 21

Kidneys and Aging
Ebima Okundaye, MD

May 28

Geriatric Addiction:  Where are the answers?
Patrick Seche, MS, CASC
Eller Ross, RNC

Jun 4

Aspiration Syndromes:  Pneumonitis, Pneumonia and Anerobic Lung Abscesses
Carol-Lynn Petronaci, MD

Jun 11

The Long Term Care Facility as a Practicum Site for Marriage and Family Therapy Trainees:  Interventions, Observations and Reflections
Carol Podgorski, PhD, LMFT
Jacqueline Benowitz, MFTT
Jennifer Kirchner, MFTT
Nicole Lighthouse, MFTT

Jun 18

Nutrition Issues in Geriatric Patients
Geria Furtuna, MD

Jun 25

Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia:  A Treatment Approach
Isaura Menzies, MD

ALL ARE INVITED TO ATTEND; REGISTRATION IS NOT NECESSARY

Category 1 CME Credit Awarded

Any Questions, contact the Finger Lakes GEC at (585) 760-6352




 

Geriatric Fellows' Conference


Monroe Community Hospital
435 E. Henrietta Road
Medical Administration Conference Room - Faith 2 West
July, 2005 - June, 2006

Topics covered during the year include:

  • Introduction to Functional Assessment and Geriatric Syndromes
  • Incontinence and Falls
  • Research
  • Evidence Based Medicine
  • Late Life Suicide
  • Advanced Wound Care Products & Leg Ulcers
  • Cancer & Aging
  • Selected Topics in Hypertension and Heart Failure
  • What are the Goals in Visits to Geriatricians? Patient,
    Family, Physician and Case Manager Perspectives
  • Anti-Aging Medicine: The Hype and the Reality"
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Stroke Prevention & Post Stroke Care
  • Antipsychotics in the Elderly
  • Family Assessment
  • Case Conference (Anxiety)
  • Neurological Exam
  • Neuropsych Assessment
  • Pain
  • Billing
  • Physiology of Aging & Physical Exercise
  • Palliative Care/Caregivers' Issues
  • Issues in Oral Health in Older Adults
  • Depression in the Elderly

 



 

Geriatric Journal Club



The active members are grouped into 5 groups and each group has assigned journals
from which that group may present pertinent original research articles. Geriatric Journal
Club meets Friday 8:00-9:00 AM, from September - June at Monroe Community Hospital
in the Brass Chandelier Room. Listed below are the journals assigned to each group.

Group 1

Journal of General Internal Medicine
Journal of American Medical Association
Age and Aging
Lancet
Neurology
American College of Physicians Journal Club
Advances in Wound Care
Aging and Society

Group 2

British Medical Journal
Amer. Journal of Public Health
Gerontologist
Journal of Gerontologic Nursing
Journal Clinical Epidemiology
Stroke
Archives of Internal Medicine
Journal of Nutrition in the Elderly

Group 3

New England Journal of Medicine
Alzheimer's Disease and Associate Disorders
Gerontology
Journal of American Dietetic Association
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Journal of Applied Gerontology
Generations

Group 4

Annals of Internal Medicine
Journal of Gerontology: Medical Science
Research on Aging
Activities, Adaptation, and Aging
Update on Drugs in the Elderly
Nursing Research
Geriatric Nursing

Group 5

American Journal of Medicine
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Journal of Aging and Health
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehab
Journal of Geriatric Drug Therapy
Special Care in Dentistry
Aging and Human Development
Psychology and Aging
Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Science

 

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