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Continuing Mobile Education - Psychosocial Issues
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Product ID: 20577
Institution: 
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
URL where the product can be viewed: 
http://www.rochesterems.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52:psychosocial-issues&catid=35:geriatrics&Itemid=53

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Description of the product: 

Continuing Mobile Education for EMS Providers is a video vodcast-based education program that includes interviews from physicians, EMTs, paramedics, and patients to help the EMS Provider give patients better care. The program was created to address the need for more "on-demand" educational opportunities for EMS Providers. Each month, a new block of four 10-minute vodcasts is posted to the program website, http://www.rochesterems.org/.

In the Psychosocial Issues block of podcasts, you will learn about elder abuse and neglect, psychology and aging, barriers to transporting the older prehospital patient, and strategies to access social services for prehospital patients.

For more information on the series, or to find out how to receive CME credit, go to http://www.rochesterems.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&l....

Educational objectives: 

Episode 1: Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Participants will define elder abuse
- Participants will define elder neglect
- Participants will name strategies for identifying elder abuse and neglect
- Participants will describe key physical exam points in identifying abuse
- Participants will understand key documentation points

Episode 2: Psychology and Aging
- Participants will understand some of the psychological changes associated with aging
- Participants will understand the prevalence of mental illness among older adults
- Participants will recognize the importance of screening for depression in older adults

Episode 3: Barriers to Transporting the Older Adult
- Discuss some of the reasons why older adults do not wish to be transported to the hospital
- Understand strategies to sensitively encourage older adults to accept transport to the emergency department

Episode 4: Accessing Social Services for Geriatric Patients
- Learn strategies to determine when a social services evaluation is appropriate
- Become familiar with the types of services available to older adults
- Understand the positive impact a proper social services referral can have

Describe any special implementation requirements or guidelines: 

To use this product, you must have a high speed internet connection and speakers. You may choose to view the vodcasts in high or low resolution, or you may view them on Youtube.

Date posted: 
Thu, 10/29/2009
Date last updated: 
Thu, 10/08/2009
CME credits available: 
Yes
Do you or any of the authors have any significant financial interest or commercial support?: 
No
Has this product been peer reviewed?: 
No
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Authors: 
Lars Peterson
Erik Rueckmann
Dr. Manish Shah
Peter Swanson
NLM Citation:
Peterson, L, Rueckmann, E, Shah, D and Swanson, P. Continuing Mobile Education - Psychosocial Issues. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education; 2009. Available from: http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20577
APA Citation:
Peterson, L, Rueckmann, E, Shah, D and Swanson, P. (2009). Continuing Mobile Education - Psychosocial Issues. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education. Retrieved June 14, 2010 from http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20577
 
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