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PRESENTED BY:

Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System; Arkansas Geriatric Education Center (AGEC), Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging and the Office of Continuing Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

The target audience includes primary care, internal medicine, family medicine, geriatric specialist physicians, vision and hearing healthcare providers, nurses, pharmacists, dietitians and other health professionals interested in the prevention, management and rehabilitation of vision and hearing issues in older adults.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The goal of this program is to update practitioners with timely information on the advances being made in the management and treatment of hearing and vision issues and rehabilitation in older adults.

At the completion of this program, the attendee should be able to:

  1. describe the impact of age on the physiology of the eye and vision;
  2. discuss the many challenges associated with impaired vision, frailty, and age;
  3. identify strategies for rehabilitation of vision-impaired older adults;
  4. describe the impact of age on the physiology of the ear and hearing;
  5. discuss issues of balance associated with the aging ear; and
  6. inform colleagues about ongoing research in hearing changes in older adults.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This is a one and half day conference that will address key issues in hearing and vision rehabilitation in older adults. Topics will include a review of the aging eye and the aging auditory system; innovative approaches to rehabilitation for elders who have visual or auditory impediments; and insight into research approaches that may have an impact on vision and hearing preservation in old age.

ACCREDITATION:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine and Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. The UAMS College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The UAMS College of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This educational activity is provided by the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS). Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by Arkansas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 

Participation in this activity provides 7.0 contact hours of continuing nursing education credit.

Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians.  Determination of credit is pending.  Application for CEU’s has also been made for dietitians, pharmacists, nursing home administrators and other disciplines.

DISCLOSURE POLICY:

It is the policy of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all sponsored or jointly sponsored educational activities. All individuals who are in a position to control the content of the educational activity (course/activity directors, planning committee members, staff, teachers, or authors of CME) must disclose all relevant financial relationships they have with any commercial interest(s) as well as the nature of the relationship. Financial relationships of the individual’s spouse or partner must also be disclosed, if the nature of the relationship could influence the objectivity of the individual in a position to control the content of the CME. The ACCME describes relevant financial relationships as those in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest. Individuals who refuse to disclose will be disqualified from participation in the development, management, presentation, or evaluation of the CME activity.

LOCATION:

Crowne Plaza Hotel, 201 South Shackleford, Little Rock, Arkansas

ACCOMMODATIONS:

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Crowne Plaza Hotel for those participants wanting overnight accommodations on February 19 – 20, 2010 (room block reserved until JANUARY 29, 2010).  A special occupancy rate of $109 single/double is available if you identify yourself as a member of the "Geriatric Medicine Update” seminar.  You may make reservations directly with the hotel by calling (501) 223-3000 or 1-866-276-6648.

PLANNING COMMITTEE:

Ronni Chernoff, PhD, RD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, AGEC
Kay Guthrie, AO, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Sandra R. Brown, MSN, RN-BC, Clinical Nursing Instructor, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Dennis H. Sullivan, MD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, UAMS