2023 AAH National Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Conference Independent Study: Recorded Session

The National Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Virtual Conference trains and educates healthcare professionals across Advocate Aurora Health, as well as multiple other health systems across the country and beyond. We will 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.

If you attended the live session of 2023 AAH National Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Conference, you will not be able to claim credit again for this course. However, you are welcome to still watch the content.

Target Audience

This course is intended for RNs, MDs, DOs, NP, PT, and other interested health professionals.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, learners should be able to:

  1. Identify and address the unique vulnerabilities of older adults who are acutely ill or injured. 
  2. Describe practice improvements to better address the needs of older individuals along the continuum of care.
  3. Describe key lessons learned as our health systems prepare to care for populations of older Americans.
Additional information
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PDF icon Incorporating What Matters Most to Patient Care Across the Care Continuum- Mary Tinetti.pdf1.71 MB
PDF icon Geriatric Emergency Department Overview & Updates- Maura Kennedy.pdf2.6 MB
PDF icon Practical Framework for Clinicians to Address Health Equity and Social Vulnerability- Colleen Galambos.pdf545.28 KB
PDF icon Hospitalization Associated Disability for Older Adults_ An Update- Ken Covinsky.pdf200.61 KB
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.50 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 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 2.50 APTA CEU
    Advocate Aurora Health is accredited by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) of Wisconsin to provide continuing education for activities and is approved to offer 2.50 APTA CEUs upon completion.
  • 2.50 ASHA Continuing Education Credits
    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 is offered for 2.50 ASHA CEUs, (Advanced level; Professional Area) Participants in this program must meet the time requirements for module completion and webinar participation and submit completed program evaluation. Individuals who do not meet both time requirements will not be recommended for ASHA CEUs. No partial credit will be provided.
  • 2.50 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 2.50 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.50 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. 2.50 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 2.50 IL PT/OT Continuing Education Credits
    Advocate Healthcare is accredited by the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation (IDFPR) to provide continuing education for this live activity in addition to on-demand sessions. This program is offered for 2.50 contact hours for IL licensed PT/PTA, OT/COTA. Advocate Healthcare IDFPR CE Sponsor License 216.000106 (PT); 224.000115 (OT)
Course opens: 
08/08/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2024
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
2023 AAH National Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Conference Independent Study
Rating: 
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Incorporating What Matters Most to Patient Care Across the Care Continuum
Mary Tinetti, MD
Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University
Director of the Yale Program on Aging

  1. Describe how to use the “what matters most” question during clinical encounters with older adults.
  2. Describe how to engage in follow-up questions to ascertain the older patient’s goals.
  3. Describe lessons learned to better align patient’s care with their treatment priorities.

Geriatric Emergency Department Overview & Updates
Maura Kennedy, MD
Division Chief of Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Harvard Medical School

  1. Describe progress to date on the dissemination of the Geriatric Emergency Department accreditation across America.
  2. Describe lessons learned in successful program implementation and maintenance.
  3. Describe key recent literature to support improvements in emergency care of older adults.

Practical Framework for Clinicians to Address Health Equity and Social Vulnerability
Colleen Galambos, PhD, MSW
Helen Bader Endowed Chair in Applied Gerontology
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

  1. Describe the problem of inequity in health outcomes among older adults in America.
  2. Describe how healthcare organizations can better serve minority and underserved communities.
  3. Describe a clinician’s role in reducing disparities in health outcomes.

Hospitalization-Associated Disability for Older Adults: An Update
Ken Covinsky, MD, MPH, BS
Clinician-Researcher
Division of Geriatrics, University California San Francisco

  1. Describe the challenge of hospital-associated disability among older adults in 2023.
  2. Describe risk factors and new challenges in care for older adults that contribute to the development of hospital-associated disability.
  3. Review practical steps clinicians and organizations can take to mitigate risks of hospital-associated disability.

Faculty

Activity Directors:
Michael Malone, MD; Advocate Aurora Health
Jonny Macias Tejada, MD; Advocate Aurora Health

Speakers:
Mary Tinetti, MD; Yale University
Maura Kennedy, MD; Harvard Medical School
Colleen Galambos, PhD, MSW; University of Wisconsin Madison
Ken Covinsky, MD, MPH, BS; University California San Francisco

 

Disclosure

The following faculty speakers and/or planning committee members have disclosed the following:

Faculty Name

Name of Ineligible Companies

Nature of Relationship

Michael Malone, MD

Abbott Labs
AbbVie

Stock

   
   

The other planner(s) and speaker(s) have indicated that there are no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Aurora 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 Aurora Health designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 2.50 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 Aurora Health designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 2.50 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

 

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 the live activity in addition to on-demand sessions. Partial credit will not be given. 

American Physical Therapy Association of WI (APTA) 
Advocate Aurora 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 2024 to offer 5 APTA CEUs upon completion. 

IL Department of Financial & Professional Regulation (IDFPR) 
Advocate Healthcare is accredited by the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation (IDFPR) to provide continuing education for this live activity in addition to on-demand sessions. This program is offered for 5.0 contact hours for IL licensed PT/PTA, OT/COTA. Advocate Healthcare IDFPR CE Sponsor License 216.000106 (PT); 224.000115 (OT)

Available Credit

  • 2.50 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 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 2.50 APTA CEU
    Advocate Aurora Health is accredited by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) of Wisconsin to provide continuing education for activities and is approved to offer 2.50 APTA CEUs upon completion.
  • 2.50 ASHA Continuing Education Credits
    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 is offered for 2.50 ASHA CEUs, (Advanced level; Professional Area) Participants in this program must meet the time requirements for module completion and webinar participation and submit completed program evaluation. Individuals who do not meet both time requirements will not be recommended for ASHA CEUs. No partial credit will be provided.
  • 2.50 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 2.50 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.50 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. 2.50 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 2.50 IL PT/OT Continuing Education Credits
    Advocate Healthcare is accredited by the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation (IDFPR) to provide continuing education for this live activity in addition to on-demand sessions. This program is offered for 2.50 contact hours for IL licensed PT/PTA, OT/COTA. Advocate Healthcare IDFPR CE Sponsor License 216.000106 (PT); 224.000115 (OT)

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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If you attended the live session of 2023 AAH National Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Conference, you will not be able to claim credit again for this course. However, you are welcome to still watch the content.

Contact the Advocate Aurora Health CME Office at cme@aah.org if you have any questions or need assistance.

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 12/15/23. Your certificate will be emailed to you after 12/15/23.