Inpatient Management of Older Adults: Care Transitions, Communications, Delirium, and Capacity for Decision Making
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- perform a thorough but efficient assessment of older adult’s capacity for medical-decision making.
- develop communication skills to effectively communicate with older adults with sensory impairment, including vision loss, hearing loss, or combination of the two.
- provide a comprehensive plan to screen, treat, and prevent delirium.
- identify risk factors that contribute to unsuccessful transitions of care.
- summarize the various care settings across which older adults receive acute and post-acute care.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
The University of Michigan Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Michigan Medical School designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABIM Maintenance of Certification
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 2.75 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Original Release Date: February 2021
Termination Date: January 2024
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