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Is it worth it? A debate about offering lecanemab to our patients with dementia.
Join us at the Rivers Casino for our first in-person event since 2020! We are excited to network and catch up with members and guests, as we dine over a debate on lecanemab. We will also recognize the 2023 Geriatric Teacher of the Year Awardees.
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AGENDA
5:45 pm – 6:00 pm Registration Opens
6:00 pm – 6:45 pm Reception, Appetizers & Visit Exhibitors
6:45 pm – 7:00 pm Welcome, Awards, & Business Meeting
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Dinner & Debate
Speakers:
Alison O'Donnell, DO, MPH, Geri-PACT Medical Director,
Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Steven M. Handler, MD, PhD, CMD, Associate Chief of
Staff, Geriatrics and Extended Care, Veterans
Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Eric Rodriguez, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of
Medicine, Geriatric Division, University of Pittsburgh
8:00 pm – 8:30 pm Q&A Session
Moderator:
James D Tew, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry,
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychiatry
Speakers:
Steven M. Handler, MD, PhD, CMD, Associate Chief of
Staff, Geriatrics and Extended Care, Veterans
Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Eric Rodriguez, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of
Medicine, Geriatric Division, University of Pittsburgh
8:30 pm Adjournment
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society Western Division. The University of Pittsburgh 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.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.5 contact hours.
Pharmacy (CPE)
This knowledge-based activity provides 1.5 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit.
Social Work
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh 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. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 continuing education credits.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 1.50 ACPE PharmacyThe UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 1.50 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.50 ASWB
- 1.50 Attendance
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PAGS-WD Members | $25.00
Non-Members | $50.00
Students/Residents | Free