The Older Patient: Updates and Challenges

ONLINEENDURING MATERIALACCME



Date & Location
Sunday, September 20, 2020, 12:00 AM - Monday, September 20, 2021, 12:00 PM

Overview
This online lecture provides physicians and other healthcare practitioners updates on current issues related to healthcare. The lecture will be maximum of one hour in length, followed by post test. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the updates and challenges related to older patients.

Target Audience
Specialties - Allied Health Professionals, Dentists, Nurses, Pharmacists, Physicians, Researchers, Students


Objectives
  1. Identify common health issues related to older adults
  2. Evaluate the challenges related to the older patient
  3. Construct evidence-based management to common dilemmas relevant to the older patient

Registration
FREE of charge

Accreditation

The Department of Healthcare Professions (DHP) considers Asynchronous activities under Category 2 as self-directed learning.  

 

 

Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure of Relationships/Content Validity

It is the policy of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar to Department of Healthcare Professions (DHP) and Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Criteria, Policies, and Standards for Commercial Support and content validation in order to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its sponsored programs. All faculty participating in sponsored programs are expected to disclose relevant financial relationships pertaining to their contribution to the activity, and any discussions of off-label or investigational uses of approved commercial products or devices, or of any products or devices not yet approved in the United States and elsewhere. WCM-Q CME/CPD activities are intended to be evidence-based and free of commercial bias. 

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