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The Importance of Diabetic Retina Exams: Safeguarding Vision in the Face of Diabetes

Family Physicians of Greeley

In this blog post, we’ll delve into the significance of diabetic retina exams and why they are essential for individuals managing diabetes. Understanding Diabetic Retinopathy: Diabetic retinopathy is a diabetes-related complication that affects the blood vessels in the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye.

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

GeriPal

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Incontinence and avoiding issues can present in an older individual, in some cases, just like they do a younger person. Biological aging or physiological aging varies from individual to individual. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. It used to be a much more complicated model. However, its main predictors are age, comorbidity, and healthcare utilization. As a nurse, how challenging would it be to do eight hours of training and jump into this complicated world? David: Right. Eric: Okay.

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Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson

GeriPal

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. I’ve seen patients post transplant when they start having complications. They are complicated. They’re complicated from a symptom standpoint. Subscribers will claim MOC credit by completing an evaluation with self-reflection questions.

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. All of these are factors that are on the individual level. The post EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

A planned expansion of MAID to include people with mental illness was placed on hold until March 2024. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. So it started off for individuals with a terminal illness. They could have a prognosis of years, or decades. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

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The Nature of Suffering: BJ Miller and Naomi Saks

GeriPal

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. So there’s this, what is suffering to the individual, and is there some threshold that we could say, “This is real suffering,” or “This is the suffering we talk about in geriatrics or palliative care”?

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