Comprehensive Review of Geriatric Psychiatry

Overview

Key Topics in Geriatric Psychiatry CME

The Comprehensive Review of Geriatric Psychiatry highlights the best practice guidelines for the management of various psychiatric disorders along with the latest developments in the field.

With Rajesh R. Tampi, MD, MS, DFAPA as course director, this online CME course covers lectures on topics like mood disorders, schizophrenia spectrum, psychotic disorders, anxiety disorders, ethical and legal issues in geriatric psychiatry, sexual dysfunction and sleep-wake disorders, movement disorders, and more.

The course covers wide-ranging topics in geriatric psychiatry to help you to:

• Outline and practice evidence-based care for older adults with psychiatric disorders
• Attain the latest knowledge on psychopathology, diagnostic workups and treatments for specific psychiatric diseases
• Integrate current guidelines into daily practice to provide best care to the patients and avoid undesirable sequelae, such as excess disability, premature nursing home placement, vulnerability to elder abuse and geriatric self-neglect
• Effectively prepare for ABPN certification and recertification subspecialty examinations in geriatric psychiatry

Topics / Speakers

Substance Related and Addictive Disorders
Louis Trevisan, MD, MEd

Mood Disorders
Ilse Wiechers, MD, MPP, MHS

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
Ilse Wiechers, MD, MPP, MHS

Anxiety Disorders
Kirsten Wilkins, MD

General Medicine/Psychiatry Interface Consultation-Liaison
Kirsten Wilkins, MD

Neurocognitive Disorders
Rajesh R. Tampi, MD, MS, DFAPA

Movement Disorders
Phil Whang, MD

Sexual Dysfunctions & Sleep Wake Disorders
Raman Marwaha, MD

Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
Raman Marwaha, MD

Prescribing Antipsychotics and Mood Stabilizers
Phil Whang, MD

Prescribing Antidepressants and Anxiolytics
Phil Whang, MD

Aspects of Aging - Biological, Psychological, Social
Aarti Gupta, MD

Diagnostic Methods
Mallika Lavakumar, MD

Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
Rajesh R. Tampi, MD, MS, DFAPA

Ethical and Legal Issues in Psychiatry
Rajesh R. Tampi, MD, MS, DFAPA

Basic and Clinical Neurosciences
Rajesh R. Tampi, MD, MS, DFAPA

Faculty

Accreditation / Pass Guarantee

Accreditation

Oakstone Publishing is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Oakstone Publishing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology has reviewed the Comprehensive Review of Geriatric Psychiatry and has approved this program as part of a comprehensive self-assessment program, which is mandated by the ABMS as a necessary component of Maintenance of Certification.

Designation

Oakstone Publishing designates this enduring material for 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Contact Hours: 15
The contact hours are inclusive of 1.75 hours of pharmacotherapeutics.

Review Date: June 30, 2020
Date Credits Expire: June 30, 2023
Date of Original Release: June 30, 2017

CME credit is obtained upon successful completion of an online activity post-test and evaluation.

Learning Objectives

• Outline evidence-based care for older adults with psychiatric disorders
• Practice evidence-based care for older adults with psychiatric disorders
• Translate information learned from this program to achieve higher pass rates on the Certification and Recertification subspecialty examinations in Geriatric Psychiatry from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Intended Audience

Psychiatrists taking the ABPN Certification and Recertification subspecialty exam in Geriatric Psychiatry, Psychiatrists in practice with older adults as patients, Psychiatry Residents, Geriatric Psychiatry Fellows, Geriatricians, Internists, Family Physicians, and Nurse Practitioners with older adults as patients.

Board Pass Guarantee

We Guarantee You'll Pass! Diligent course study and successful completion of the CME quiz provides the strongest likelihood of passing board certification or maintenance of certification exams. Oakstone is so confident of your success that we guarantee it. If you do not pass your exam on the first attempt, mail us a copy of your board failure notification, plus our system certificate reflecting your successful completion of the CME quizzes for the board review product purchased. You will receive a credit for the purchase price paid (less any discounts or premium), which you may apply to future purchases with Oakstone. Your exam record will be destroyed. Your board failure notification can be mailed to: Oakstone, P.O. Box 190165, Birmingham, AL 35219. If you have any questions on this policy, please feel free to contact Customer Service at 1-800-633-4743.

Quick Facts

Provider: Oakstone CME

Course Director: Rajesh R. Tampi, MD, MS, DFAPA

Vice Chairman for Education and Faculty Development

Residency Program Director

Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry, MetroHealth

Professor of Psychiatry

Yale University School of Medicine

Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

Cleveland, OH

Credits: Earn a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™