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ForwardGeri Pal TLC Immersion Course 2023 (2 Day Course)
Date & Location:
2 Day Virtual Conference - will receive credits at the end of Day 2
Thursday, October 19, 2023
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Friday, October 20, 2023
8:00 am - 12:15 pm
Goal:
The overall goal of the Geri-Pal TLC Immersion course is to foster collaboration among inter-professional teams in the management of complex older patients thereby providing the highest standard of geriatrics and palliative care.
Provided by:
The Baystate Health GWEP and Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education
Target Audience
This course is designed for an inter-professional audience including but not limited to: physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, medical assistants, community health workers, administrators, case managers, clinical supervisors, medical directors, quality specialists, senior leaders, and those working in the community with older adults.
Learning Objectives
Objectives:
- Dementia: Recognize signs of dementia; Define diagnosis criteria for dementia; Discuss dementia diagnosis with individual and family.
- Depression: Identify atypical signs and symptoms of depression; Use depression screening tests such as Geriatric Depression Scale and PHQ-9; Describe treatment for depression.
- Drugs & Deprescribing: Identify polypharmacy; Memorize some common inappropriate medication from Beer’s List; Give examples of common drug to drug interaction; Perform appropriate deprescribing.
- Falls: Perform screening such as Get Up and Go Test; Describe ways to reduce rate of falls.
- Multimorbidities/Frailty: Review local data; Describe AGS’s approach to care; Review Frailty tool such as Edmonton Frail scale.
- Community resources: Discuss community resources for elderly such as Greater Springfield Senior Services, Alzheimer Association; Describe community activities such as day center, home help aids, meals on wheels.
- Prognostication: Identify clinician limitation in prognostication; Perform ECOG and Palliative Performance scale; Identify signs and symptoms of poor prognosis.
- Serious Illness Conversation: Describe tools to initiate serious illness conversation; Develop own phrase to initiate serious illness conversation.
- Palliative Care and Hospice Care: Define palliative care and hospice care; Review hospice admission eligibility.
- Symptom Management: Review common symptoms at end of life; Approach to pain, dyspnea and delirium; Describe concept of Total Pain; Discuss non pharmacological approach to pain.
- Capacity: Describe how to determine decision-making capacity in older adults.
- Age Friendly Health Systems (AFHS): Describe AFHS; Identify and explain the 4Ms.
- Quality Improvement 101, PDSA and Practice Drill & Applying QI Tools: Recognize common quality improvement tools; perform a practice PDSA cycle, identify current QI Projects at Baystate Health.
- TeleECHO & project planning: Explain the concept of force multiplier; Identify small tests of change that can be made to improve care for older adults at your site.
Additional Information
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DAY 1
8:00 Welcome
8:05 Into to Age Friendly Framework (4Ms)
Maura Brennan, MD, FACP, AGSF, FAAHPM, HMDC
Module 1: Mentation & Medications
8:30 Case Discussion Part 1
9:10 Dementia
Simone Masson, NP
Beth Edelberg-Cardillo, M.Ed., LSW
9:35 Depression
Zelmon Johnson, LCSW, CDP
Deepu Thomas, MD
9:55 Drugs & Deprescribing
Christopher Merrick, PharmD, BCPS
Rebecca Symmons, BSN, RN
10:20 Break
Module 2: Mobility & Multicomplexity
10:30 Case Discussion Part 2
11:00 Multimorbidity & Frailty
Maura Brennan, MD, FACP, AGSF, FAAHPM, HMDC
Patricia Coffelt, MSN, RN-BC
11:25 Community Resources
Brenda Labbe, CDP, CMDCP
Meghan Lemay, MS
11:45 Falls
Dawna Pidgeon, PT
Izckra Speight, CHW, CDP, CSA
12:00 Lunch
Module3: What Matters Most
12:50 Case Discussion Part 3
1:25 Prognostication
Yael Tarshish, MD
Emily Zametkin, MD
1:40 Serious Illness Conversation
Richard Conroy, PA-C
Zelmon Johnson, LCSW, CDP
2:00 Capacity
Sonia Riyaz, MD
2:15 Break
2:25 Case Discussion Part 4
2:55 Palliative Care & Hospice
Emily Zametkin, MD
Yael Tarshish, MD
3:10 Symptom Management
Maura Brennan, MD, FACP, AGSF, FAAHPM, HMDC
Alina Sibley, NP, CDP
3:35 Ask the Experts Q&A
3:45 Participant Feedback
Brenda Labbe, CDP, CMDCP
4:00 Post Test
4:15 Adjourn
DAY 2
8:00 Ask the experts Q&A
8:30 Introduction to Baystate GWEP
Maura Brennan, MD, FACP, AGSF, FAAHPM, HMDC
9:00 Geriatrics TeleECHO Clinic
Justin Ayala, MPH
9:15 Intro to Quality Improvement & Age Friendly Health Systems Resources
Nicole Dionny Korp
10:00 Break
10:10 PDSA's & Practice Drill
Maura Brennan, MD, FACP, AGSF, FAAHPM, HMDC
10:55 Applying QI Tools to a Project
Sundeep Shukla, MD, MBA
Jennifer Goebel, BSN, RN, GERO-BC
11:25 Age Friendly PROJECT BRAINSTORM
Maura Brennan, MD, FACP, AGSF, FAAHPM, HMDC
12:00 Participant Feedback|
Brenda Labbe, CDP, CMDCP
12:15 Adjourn
Faculty Disclosure
The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.
None of the faculty or planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Meeting Room temperatures will fluctuate.
Course Director
Maura Brennan, MD, FACP, AGSF, FAAHPM, HMDC
Professor of Medicine
UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Project Director Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP)
Baystate Medical Center
Justin Ayala, MPH
Instructor, Department of Medicine
UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Manager, Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP)
Baystate Medical Center
Patricia Coffelt, MSN, RN-GERO
Nurse Educator
Baystate Health
Richard Conroy, PA-C
Inpatient Geriatric Consult Service
Division of Geriatrics & Palliative Care
Baystate Medical Center
Beth Edelberg-Cardillo, M.Ed., LSW, CDP
Licensed Social Worker
Baystate House Calls
Jennifer Goebel, RN, BSN, GERO-BC, CEN
Assistant Nurse Manager ED
Baystate Noble Hospital
Zelmon Johnson, MSW, LCSW, CDP
Social Worker
Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP)
Baystate Health
Nicole Dionny Korp, BBA
Associate Project Manager
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Brenda Labbe, CDP, CMCCP
Community Outreach Director
Greater Springfield Senior Services, Inc.
Meghan Lemay, MS
Regional Manager, Western MA
Alzheimer's Association
Simone Masson, GNP-BC, RN
Geriatric Nurse Practitioner
Division of Geriatrics
Baystate Health
Christopher Merrick, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Geriatrics
Baystate Medical Center
Dawna Pidgeon, PT
Staff PT, NH Falls Prevention Task Force co-chair
Dartmouth Health
Sonia Riyaz, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Associate Medical Director for the Division of Adult Consultation
Baystate Medical Center
Sundeep Shukla, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor
UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Chief of Emergency Medicine/
Baystate Noble Hospital
Alina Sibley, APRN
Lead NP Home Care Program
Baystate Health
Izckra Speight, CHW, CDP, CSA
Community Health Worker
Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP)
Baystate Health
Rebecca Symmons, BSN, RN, CDP
Geriatric Nurse Educator
Baystate Health
Yael Tarshish, MD
Assistant Professor
UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Medical Director of Palliative Care
Baystate Medical Center
Deepu Thomas, MD, FACP
ACE Unit Medical Director
Baystate Division of Geriatrics
Baystate Health
Emily Zametkin, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Palliative Care
UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Baystate Health
Faculty Disclosure
The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.
None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 10 AMA PRA Category1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 10 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Pharmacists
This activity carries a maximum of 10 contact hour(s). Pharmacists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Physician Assistants
Baystate Health has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 10 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Social Workers (ASWB)
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE Program)
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Baystate Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organization, not individual courses are approved under this program.
Baystate maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 10 continuing education credit(s).
End of Life
This activity meets the criteria for the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for 3 Credits in end-of-life care.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team and learners will receive 10 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change
Available Credit
- 10.25 AAPA Category 1 CME creditBaystate Health has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 10.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PA’s should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
- 10.25 ACPE Contact Hours
- 10.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 10.25 ANCC Contact Hours
- 10.25 ASWB Continuing Education Credit(s)
- 3.00 BCIPE End of Life Care
- 10.25 IPCE Credit Hour(s)
Please Note: In order for your registration to be considered complete: |
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| In order to receive CREDIT, the evaluation must be completed by: | Sun, 12/31/2023 - 12:00pm |
We appreciate your business and sincerely wish to meet your educational needs. We understand that the schedule of a busy professional, like yourself, is subject to change. Therefore, we have included information about our refund/cancellation policies for your convenience below.
Cancellation:
If you must cancel, telephone Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education at 413-322-4242 and follow your call with a written/email request. All cancellations will incur a $25.00 fee. Please note that we cannot refund cancellations received less than two weeks (10 business days) before the program date.
Specific Aids or Services:
Please call Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education at 413-322-4242 if, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, you require specific aids or services during your visit to this continuing education program.