Presented July 31, 2020 | 60 minutes

The CDC has identified older adults and people who have severe chronic medical conditions like heart, lung, or kidney disease at higher risk for more serious COVID-19. According to the CDC, early data suggest older people are twice as likely to have serious COVID-19.

Learning Objectives

After completing this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Understand SARS-CoV-2 infection and presentation in older adults
2. Be able to justify when to test and quarantine an older adult

Speaker

• Stefan Gravenstein, MD; Professor of Medicine and Director of Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care; Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Accreditation/Designations

Continuing education credit/Certificates of Completion are available free of charge for those who:  1.) attend the entire session and 2.) complete and submit the Program Evaluation Survey. Contact rigec@etal.uri.edu with any CE related questions.

• Medicine: Kent Hospital is accredited by the Rhode Island Medical Society to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. Kent Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• Certificate of Completion: Provided to all disciplines who complete and return the post program survey below.

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