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UC San Diego Health and West Health invite all clinical emergency department leaders interested in pursuing Geriatric Emergency Department (GED) accreditation to a sponsored educational webinar. Aligned to the Governor’s Master Plan for Aging (MPA) to expand the network of GEDs throughout California, UC San Diego will provide geriatric education tailored for emergency department clinical leaders and share key resources for a successful GED accreditation application.
This course is designed for emergency department (ED) clinical leaders interested in pursuing GED accreditation, such as ED medical directors, ED physician champions, ED nurse champions, and hospital leaders interested in learning more.
At the completion of the webinar, participants should be able to:
- Describe the components of a Geriatric Emergency Department (GED)
- Recognize benefits of the GED model
- List geriatric-specific syndromes, clinical issues, and psychosocial factors common among older adults in the ED
- Explain the utility of the GED Guidelines and associated toolkits
- Identify a specific GED-related project to implement in their hospital
- Articulate the components of a successful GED Accreditation application
AGENDA
- 9:00-9:10 am – Introductions and Learning Objectives
- 9:10-9:30 am – Geriatric Emergency Department (GED) model
- 9:30-9:40 am – Small group discussion
- 9:40-9:55 am – GED Guidelines and Implementation Guide
Break
- 10:05-10:10 am – Question and answer session
- 10:10-10:20 am – Video demonstrating the GED experience
- 10:20-10:30 am – Implementing the GED model
- 10:30-10:40 am – GED accreditation process
- 10:40-10:55 am – Open discussion with GED experts
- 10:55-11:00 am – Conclusion
PRESENTERS
James Killeen, MD
Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Clinical Informatics Fellowship Director
Director of Urgent Care Services
UC San Diego Health Sciences
Department of Emergency Medicine
Vaishal Tolia, MD, MPH
Professor of Clinical Emergency and Internal Medicine
Emergency Department Medical Director
UC San Diego Health
DISCLOSURE SUMMARY
It is the policy of University of California San Diego Continuing Medical Education to ensure that the content of accredited continuing education and related materials is accurate, balanced, objective, and scientifically justified. Education must be free of the influence or control of ineligible companies, and protect learners from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. All persons in a position to control the content of accredited continuing education must disclose all financial relationships held with ineligible companies, prior to assuming a role in the activity. Those relationships deemed relevant to the education are mitigated prior to the activity through one of the following strategies, depending on the nature of relationship and the role of the person: 1) divesting the financial relationship, 2) altering the individual’s control over content, and/or 3) validating the planning decisions and/or content through independent peer review. All relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the activity and mitigation strategies and necessary steps for implementation are communicated to individuals prior to them assuming their role in the activity. Persons who refuse or fail to disclose are disqualified from participating in the activity. Activities are evaluated by participants and peer reviewers to determine if the content was free of bias and met acceptable scientific standards. This information is considered in future activity planning. All relevant financial relationships and the nature of those relationships are noted below. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
| Name | Name of Ineligible Company | Nature of Relevant Relationship |
| James Killeen, MD | NONE | Not applicable |
| Vaishal Tolia, MD, MPH | NONE | Not applicable |
| Renee Tyska, RN, BSN | NONE | Not applicable |
| Kaylee Knowles, MSc, MCHES | NONE | Not applicable |
| John Cressler | NONE | Not applicable |
Persons in control of content of this educational activity who are not specifically identified by name above, such as (but not limited to) course directors, faculty, CME staff, planners, editorial staff, peer reviewers, and CME committee reviewers do not have any relevant financial relationships.
This educational activity may contain discussion of unlabeled and/or investigational uses of agents that are not approved by the FDA. Please consult the prescribing information for each product. The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of California San Diego School of Medicine.
ACCREDITATION
The University of California San Diego School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of California San Diego School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The University of California San Diego (UCSD) Department of Nursing Education Development and Research (EDR) designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 contact hours. In addition, the recorded activity is designated for 2 contact hours if completed through the UCSD Department of Nursing EDR website. UCSD Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP55. Applicants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CULTURAL & LINGUISTIC COMPETENCY AND IMPLICIT BIAS
Continuing medical education (CME) providers are required by state Assembly Bills 1195 and 241, and the standards created by the California Medical Association (CMA), to include components that address cultural and linguistic competency and implicit bias in CME activities. The planners and presenters of this activity have been asked to provide meaningful consideration of these standards in the selection and presentation of content. Additional information and resources are available on the UC San Diego CME website (cpd.ucsd.edu).
FINANCIAL SUPPORT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
University of California San Diego School of Medicine would like to thank the Gary and Mary West Health Institute for providing educational support of this activity.