Age Friendly Health Systems – What matters most?

Overview:

In an effort to honor the needs of our geriatric patients, Dr. Neela Patel- Chief of Geriatrics & Supportive Care for UT Health San Antonio will speak about what it means to be an Age-Friendly Health System and how Family Medicine clinicians can address what matters. Becoming an Age-Friendly Health System requires that clinicians provide a set of four evidence-based elements of high-quality care, known as the “4Ms,” to all older adults in our system: What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility. In this presentation Dr. Patel will discuss the “4Ms,” define Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives. Insight will be provided directly from Dr. Patel’s practice on when, where and how to start meaningful discussions with your patients, and identify how to make shared decisions. The CARIÑOS approach will elucidate how shared decisions can be successfully fused in daily clinical practice. Participants will understand the impact advance care planning has on practice and the lives of patients.

Objectives:

1.   Define what Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives are
2.   Explain where, when and how to start
3.   Identify how to make shared decisions
4.   Demonstrate the impact of Advance Care Planning

Neela K. Patel, MD, MPH, CMD
Associate Professor
Chief of the Division of Geriatrics & Supportive Care
Family & Community Medicine
UT Health San Antonio

Financial Disclosures:

Neela Patel, MD, MPH, CMD has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee members (Marcy Wiemers, MD, Maria Del Pilar Montañez Villacampa, MD, Christine Song, DO, Nehman Andry, MD, Margaret Finley, Maureen Alvarado, DO, Richel Avery, MD, Inez I. Cruz, PhD, and Nichole Rubio) have no relevant financial relationships to commercial interests to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee member Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD has disclosed he receives royalties from General Practice and Family Medicine for being UpToDate Editor-in-Chief.

Credits:

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Target Audience:

Specialties – Primary Care; Family Medicine
Faculty, residents, other health care providers and staff from our department; physicians and health care providers from San Antonio and South Texas; and medical students in our third-year clerkship and fourth year rotations.

Accreditation:

The UT Health Long San Antonio School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The Long School of Medicine designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.

For activity related questions, please contact:
Name: Nichole Rubio- FCM Grand Rounds Coordinator
Email: rubion@uthscsa.edu

For CME general questions, please contact
Ph: (210) 567-4445
Email: cme@uthscsa.edu