Geriatrics Screening: the Good, the Bad, and the Questionable

Geriatrics Screening: the Good, the Bad, and the Questionable is organized by Pri-Med.

Release Date: 12/6/2023
Expiration Date: 12/6/2025

Description:
As people get older, it is challenging to determine what screening tests make a difference in their lives and are truly necessary. Providers are inundated with sweeping quality improvement strategies that often do not reflect the needs of older adult patients. Learn from an expert geriatrician, through a red-yellow-green light approach, on which tests are good, questionable, and bad.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the screening tests that providers should be performing with older patients, including streamlining components of the annual Medicare wellness visit
• Determine which laboratory tests should be completed for screening in older adults
• Learn about the basic physiology of older adults that impact preventative screening
• Discuss the evidence and helpful resources to answer screening-related questions among older adult patients.

Topics:

• Geriatrics