Details

• Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2024
• Time: 8:45 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. *Time is subject to change
• Delivery: Virtual

Target Audience

Family Physicians, General Internal Medicine Physicians, Residents, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Social Workers, Pharmacists, Other Health Care Professionals, and Students.

Learning Objectives

By attending this activity, participants will be able to:

• Improve the care of older adults by applying the latest evidence-based approaches to important geriatric topics, including frailty, dementia, delirium, restraints and management of neuropsychiatric symptoms.
• Describe the latest research and innovations in geriatrics, including emerging treatments, care models, and technologies.
• Apply key take-home messages in the clinical care they provide with the goal of improving practice.

Accreditation Statements

The Continuing Professional Development Office (CPD) at McMaster University is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) to provide CFPC Mainpro+ and RCPSC Maintenance of Certification (MOC) study credits for Continuing Medical Education.

This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada. It has been certified by the Continuing Professional Development Office (CPD) at McMaster University for up to 5.0 Mainpro+ credits.

This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and approved by the Continuing Professional Development Office (CPD) at McMaster University. You may claim a maximum of 5.0 MOC Section 1 hours. Credits are automatically calculated.

Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/about-ama-education.

Each attendee should only claim the hours they attended.