Geriatric Education Series
The Geriatric Education Series is a continuing education program designed to enhance geriatric competencies of healthcare providers and professionals who provide primary care to older adults, especially those with chronic conditions and complex care needs.
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RI Geriatrics Project ECHO
Rhode Island Geriatrics ECHO Educational Program (RI-G ECHO) is a free, practical, case-based tele-education series for health care providers. Using video conferencing, Project ECHO participants gain insights from an interdisciplinary team of experts, participate in discussions with other practice sites, and learn from other healthcare professionals. Each live session includes a short didactic lecture on a specific topic relevant to improving care for older adults, followed by a case presentation and discussion. The program is a great way for all health care professionals to enhance their knowledge, competence, and performance related to improving care for older adults.
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IDD & Dementia Project ECHO
This Project ECHO series is for health care providers who want to enhance their knowledge, competence, and performance related to improving care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities affected by dementia. Each session includes a short didactic lecture by a content expert, a case study presentation submitted by a participant, and open case discussion.
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Geriatrics Grand Rounds
Under the direction of Ana Tuya-Fulton, MD, the Interprofessional Geriatrics and Palliative Care Grand Rounds program infuses geriatric content into the Care New England’s educational seminars for community and resident physicians and clinical trainees as well as other members of the healthcare team. Geriatrics Grand Rounds are offered quarterly
On-Demand Webinars
- Increasing Access: Utilizing a Collaborative Care Model to Implement Palliative Care and Psychosocial Services in a Community Oncology Setting
- Surprise Behind Every Door: Making Healthcare Safer for Older Adults Coming Home from the Hospital
- An Integrated Care Model: Geriatric Surgery
- Cancer Screening in Elderhood
- The Current State of Palliative Care
- Flu Infections and COVID in Older Adults
- Sexual Health in Older Adults
- Avoiding Adverse Drug Events in Seniors: A Workshop to Improve Prescribing at Hospital Discharge
- End the Silence on Elder Abuse: What Health Professionals Need to Know
- The Effect of Heat and Hurricane Disasters on the Elderly
- Transitions of Care in Older Adults with Serious or Advanced Illness
- Sleep Disorders in Older Adults
Community Health Worker Series
With the aging of our population, a renewed emphasis on “aging in place” and the growing burden of long-term care on state Medicaid programs, Community Health Workers (CHW) will likely play a prominent role as the gatekeepers of health care for this population. This series of webinars contribute to developing geriatric specialty curricula for CHWs to augment the growing network of CHW core-competency education and capacity-building programs.
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On-Demand Webinars
- Age-Friendly Care: 4M Training for Community Health Workers
- Identifying Fall Risk Post COVID-19
- Assessing the Home and Fall Risk
- Conversation Starters: Assessing the Mental Health Needs of Older Adults
- Mental Health and Social Determinants of Health in Older Populations
- Mental Health and Aging 101
- Community and Patient Resources
Alzheimer's & Related Dementias