Health Maintenance & Prevention in Elders
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Upon completion of product, the learner will be able to describe evidence-based practices for maintaining health and prevention of disease in the elderly. This one hour CEU accredited unit is divided into 3 modules of 15-20 minutes each. Its design allows delivery as either a lecture or voiced for a distance web-based module or self-directed learning. Each module ends with case-based questions and answers. CME credit is available for this product. For more information, please contact the author.
Upon completion of the learner will be able to list and describe evidence-based practices to maintain health and prevent disease in the elderly. The learner will be able to: 1) Describe the current recommendations for PRIMARY and SECONDARY prevention. 2) Assimilate these recommendations into their current practice patterns. 3) Describe and perform TERTIARY prevention. 4) Discuss the evidence base on preventative care recommendations
Eighteen Practicing NPs, Physicians, Pharmacists, PAs have completed this product. 1) For lecture presentation: There are no special implementation requirements other than familiarity with the technology to use PowerPoint. Presenters should be comfortable enough with content to facilitate a robust discussion. 2) For use in distance learning: The material was originally adapted to Blackboard learning systems; however, using the Power Point system as we have, it can be adapted to many distance based learning system. We recommend for optimal learning that the presentation have speaker voicing (audio) to explain the slides and the learner also be able to read the lecture notes. Benefits and practical tips: For lecture and self learning: The 15-20 minute modular format is concise and partialized, allowing presenters to select the most relevant information for their audience. For use in distance learning: Our feedback is that the 15-20 minute segments are popular, the learners cite that it less intimidating to do, the questions at the end create a break and closure and the 1 hour credit for completion of the three module unit is attained "painlessly".