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Save the Date: Geriatrics Scholars Program Toolkit Webinar Series: Elder Abuse

Save the Date: Geriatrics Scholars Program Toolkit Webinar Series: Elder Abuse

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The VA Geriatric Scholars Program announces the sixth webinar in our Geriatric Scholars Program Toolkit Webinar Series: Elder Abuse, presented by Lidia Vognar, MD of the Brown University Alpert Medical School.

Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Time: 1-2 pm Eastern Time

VA employees only need to register for this conference in the VA Talent Management System (VA TMS) at the link highlighted below.

Program Description:  This 8 part web-based program will provide training on a variety of topics geared to assist the clinicians and teams caring for older Veterans to manage and properly use the Geriatric Scholars Program Toolkits.

Registration:

VA Employees: Please register, using the TMS highlighted link below BEFORE the training. EES is no longer able to register attendees after a training has been completed.  You can register within TMS at:  TMS Link

Non-VA Learners:  TRAIN Link

Location: Adobe Connect – links available from TMS and TRAIN before the training

Audio: Dial information is available from TMS and TRAIN before the training

Accreditations: ASWB, NYSED, ACCME, ANCC, APA. Please be advised that there is a strict 30 day cut off to request your CEUs.  Please complete and submit your evaluation and CEU request no later than 30 days after the live broadcast.

Credit/hours: 1.0 

Access the Toolkits online at: https://www.gerischolars.org/course/view.php?id=29 (Access if free but registration is required.) 

Please be sure to add our other webinars to your calendar too. The dates for the rest of this series are below. We will share the T MS registration info as it becomes available.

Title

Date

Time                                   

Presenter

Link:

Functional Assessment

8/2/16

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern

James Powers, MD

View the recording:  http://va-eerc-ees.adobeconnect.com/p73zvwnsvs3/?OWASP_CSRFTOKEN=ca11794410a6b32f60f08a26af94949262f5bb0c909f60bbaac0b4b74fe79cac  

 

Appropriate Prescribing

10/4/16

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern 

James Rudolph, MD


View the recording:  http://va-eerc-ees.adobeconnect.com/p11afy2u60q/. (Due to audio difficulties, this training begins around the 8:30 mark.)

Nutrition

10/27/16

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern

Ronni Chernoff, PhD, RD, FADA

View the recording at:  http://va-eerc-ees.adobeconnect.com/p2bddx8v7pz           

Depression

11/8/16

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern    

Michele Karel, PhD

View the recording at:  http://va-eerc-ees.adobeconnect.com/p7msau7laxb

Falls

1/10/17

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern      

David Ganz, MD, PhD

Link to recording: Coming soon

End of Life

2/7/17

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern          

James Powers, MD

Link to recording: Coming soon

Delirium

3/7/17

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern          

Denise Kresevic PhD RN APN-BC

Link to recording on TMS: VA 32799

 

Elder Abuse

4/11/17

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern 

Lidia Vognar, MD

TMS at:  TMS Link

Non-VA Learners:  TRAIN Link

For questions about this series, please contact joseph.douglas@va.gov.