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Age-Related Women's Health Issues: New Recommendations
Part of the GeriaFlix collection. |
Age-Related Women's Health Issues: New Recommendations
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
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Product ID: 18462 |
Abstract:
This product is part of the GeriaFlix series at the University of Iowa. GeriaFlix are multidisciplinary presentations on topics in clinical geriatrics. Presented in a streaming digital video format with synchronized slides, each presentation lasts approximately 1 hour.
In this lecture, Dr. Beck will discuss common health problems of aging females. Specifically, she will discuss hormone replacement therapy and cervical cancer screening, outlining risks and benefits of each. She will also discuss risk factors for osteoporosis and how to outline a screening strategy for elderly female populations.
GeriaFlix presentations are available online, both to accredited medical education institutions for use with students, residents, and fellows. For more information about the GeriaFlix series, go to http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/igec/resources-educators-professionals/p.... GeriaFlix are also available to practicing physicians, physician assistants, nurses and nurse practitioners for CME or CEU credit. To receive continuing education credit, you must register for the Geriatric Lecture Series. For more information, go to http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/igec/e-learning/geriatric-lecture-series....
In this lecture, Dr. Beck will discuss common health problems of aging females. Specifically, she will discuss hormone replacement therapy and cervical cancer screening, outlining risks and benefits of each. She will also discuss risk factors for osteoporosis and how to outline a screening strategy for elderly female populations.
GeriaFlix presentations are available online, both to accredited medical education institutions for use with students, residents, and fellows. For more information about the GeriaFlix series, go to http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/igec/resources-educators-professionals/p.... GeriaFlix are also available to practicing physicians, physician assistants, nurses and nurse practitioners for CME or CEU credit. To receive continuing education credit, you must register for the Geriatric Lecture Series. For more information, go to http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/igec/e-learning/geriatric-lecture-series....
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Educational objectives:
This product is part of a series of digitized lectures devoted to topics in clinical geriatrics designed to teach important principles in the management of older persons. By using this lecture series, learners will be able to improve their overall knowledge about managing common geriatric syndromes; understand the unique health care needs of older patients, differences in the management of common clinical conditions, and how physiologic changes associated with aging impact management; develop a working knowledge of important legal and ethical issues associated with end-of-life care; and understand and apply principles of the multi-disciplinary geriatric assessment.
The learning objectives of this particular digitized presentation are to:
The learning objectives of this particular digitized presentation are to:
- Counsel elderly patients on risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy through improved understanding of the Women's Health Initiative study results.
- Know how to decrease the number of unnecessary pap smears in an elderly female population by distinguishing patients that may safely be excluded from continued cervical cancer screening.
- Apply the new guidelines of the American Cancer Society & U.S. Preventive Medicine Task Force on Cervical Cancer screening.
- List the risk factors for osteoporosis and outline a reasonable screening strategy for an elderly female patient population.
Additional information/Special implementation requirements or guidelines:
Viewing GeriaFlix presentations requires a 256K or faster DSL connection, cable modem, LAN/Intranet connection, or other broadband connection. You will also need QuickTime Player 6 or later, either Internet Explorer 5 or above or Netscape 6 or above, and a sound card with speakers. Screen resolution should be set at 800 x 600 or higher.
Date posted:
Fri, 08/21/2009
Date last updated:
Fri, 08/21/2009
CME credits available:
Yes
Has this product been peer reviewed?:
No
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Contact person/corresponding author:
Linda Seydel ([email protected])
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NLM Citation:
Beck, G. Age-Related Women's Health Issues: New Recommendations. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education; 2009 Available from: http://www.pogoe.org/productid/18462
APA Citation:
Beck, G. (2009). Age-Related Women's Health Issues: New Recommendations. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education. Retrieved July 10, 2012 from http://www.pogoe.org/productid/18462
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