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ForwardNational Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Conference 2025- INDEPENDENT STUDY
The National Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Virtual Conference trains and educates healthcare professionals across Advocate Health, as well as multiple other health systems across the country and beyond. We continue to seize the opportunity to use technology and reach more healthcare workers than ever before by offering this conference virtually. By bringing in national speakers from around the world, this conference helps to implement best-practice models of care in our own communities and draws national attention towards the efforts to improve care for vulnerable, older adults.
Target Audience
This course is intended for physicians, nurses, social workers, physical therapists, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and other interested health professionals.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, learners should be able to:
- Identify and address the unique vulnerabilities of older adults who are acutely ill or injured.
- Describe practice improvements to better address the needs of older individuals along the continuum of care.
- Describe key lessons learned as our health systems prepare to care for populations of older Americans.
Faculty
Jonny Macias Tejada, MD, AGSF; Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Stephanie Steger Senior Administrative Assistant, Senior Services, Advocate Health
Disclosure
The planners and speaker have indicated that there are no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Statement(s)
American Medical Association (AMA)
Advocate Health designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Advocate Health designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 3.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
Advocate Health designates this enduring activity for a maximum 3.00 hours of CPE credit for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. CPE credit can be claimed on the AAH CE platform within 60 days of activity completion and information will be provided to CPE Monitor. Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Pharmacists UAN: JA0006327-0000-25-117-H01-P
Pharmacy Technician UAN: JA0006327-0000-25-117-H01-T
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Advocate Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 3.0 clinical continuing education credits.
American Physical Therapy Association of WI (APTA)
Advocate Health is accredited by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) of Wisconsin to provide continuing education for the live AND enduring activities and is approved through November 2025 to offer 5.25 APTA CEUs upon completion. Approval Number: 20280
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Advocate Aurora Health is accredited by the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology. This program, in its entirety, is offered for 0.5 ASHA CEU’s. Participants must complete both the live AND enduring courses to receive credit. Partial credit will not be given.
If you are claiming therapy credits for this conference, you will need to register for the remaining prerecorded modules and complete them by 12/15/25. Your certificate will be emailed after 12/15/25.
In order to receive credit and a certificate you must complete all the modules.
Available Credit
- 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 3.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Advocate Aurora Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers receiving this course receive 3.00 of ethics, clinical, cultural competence, and/or general continuing education credits. - 3.00 AttendanceAttendance Credit
- 0.50 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 3.00 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 3.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
- 3.00 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE)Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 3.00 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) Pharmacy TechnicianAurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Price
How to Register
Enroll in National Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Conference Independent Study 2025 first and then choose your modules to view.
- In order to receive credit and a certificate you must complete all the modules.
- If you are claiming therapy credits: You must register for the remaining prerecorded modules and complete them by 12/15/25.
For Further Information
If you have any questions regarding the presentation, please contact Stephanie Steger at [email protected]
If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact the IPCE Office at [email protected]