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Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatrics Series: Alzheimer's Disease and Other Forms of Dementia, Part 2
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Product ID: 20271
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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Amarillo
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This episode gives an overview of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias.

For more information about the series, go to http://www.ttuhsc.edu/som/fammed/ttmedcast/gerseries/default.aspx.

Educational objectives: 

The listener should be able to:

  • Describe non-pharmacological treatments for dementia
  • Identify the goals of pharmacological treatments for dementia
  • List the common cholinstrase inhibitors used to treat dementia
  • Describe typical side effects of pharmacological treatments
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This podcast episode is an MP3 file. It may be listened to on a computer with speakers or an MP3 player. It is available on the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center website, where an episode fact sheet is also available, or for download from the iTunes Music Store (search term: "texas tech medcast").

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Jones BG, Bickley LS, Dentino A, Prabhu FR, Martin C, Balmes M, Neilson R, Urban S, Nutis D. Using Podcasting to Teach Geriatrics to Third-Year Medical Students. Innovations in Medical Education poster, 119th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges, San Antonio, TX, October 31-November 5, 2008.

Jones BG, Bickley LS, Dentino A, Prabhu FR, Martin C, Balmes M, Neilson R, Urban S, Nutis D. Using Podcasting to Teach Geriatrics to Third-Year Medical Students. Peer Paper, 35th Annual Predoctoral Education Conference, Savannah, GA, January 22-24, 2009.

Jones BG, Bickley LS, Ragain RM, McMahon KK, Prabhu FR, Baker LK, Chauncey, KB Samiuddin M, Ranin M, McClure S, Casner P. Using Podcasting to Impact Third-Year Students' Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Geriatrics. Poster on Research in Progress to the North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Conference, San Juan, PR, October 2008.

Date posted: 
Mon, 08/31/2009
Date last updated: 
Mon, 08/31/2009
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Contact person/corresponding author: 
Dr. Betsy Goebel Jones ([email protected])
Authors: 
Dr. Betsy Goebel Jones
Maria Ranin
Mohammed Sammiuddin
NLM Citation:
Jones, B, Ranin, M and Sammiuddin, M. Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatrics Series: Alzheimer's Disease and Other Forms of Dementia, Part 2. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education; 2009. Available from: http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20271
APA Citation:
Jones, B, Ranin, M and Sammiuddin, M. (2009). Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatrics Series: Alzheimer's Disease and Other Forms of Dementia, Part 2. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education. Retrieved June 05, 2010 from http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20271
 
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