Category: Patient Safety Category: Patient Safety (show less)

Release Date (enduring material): February 1, 2024
Expiration date: February 1, 2027
Original Recording Date: January 17, 2024

This activity is designed to bring awareness to elder abuse and neglect. Elder abuse, neglect and exploitation are common and have serious consequences. The hospital setting, particularly the Emergency Department, offers an ideal opportunity to identify and intervene. Experts from the Weill Cornell/New York-Presbyterian’s Vulnerable Elder Protection Team (VEPT) will share insight from their multi-disciplinary approach to address elder mistreatment with the intent to increase patient outcomes and safety.

Speakers
Tony Rosen, MD, MPH, & Alyssa Elman, LCSW, Weill Cornell Medicine 

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this educational activity, the participant should be able to:

• Identify injury patterns and clinical findings associated with physical elder abuse.
• Describe steps to ensure complete documentation of findings, ensure patient safety, and reporting to authorities as appropriate.
• Describe potential benefits and limitations of screening.

Target Audience
This activity is designed for advanced practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, physicians, social workers, and other interested healthcare professionals. 

Method of Participation 
Participants view the presentation and listen to the synchronized audio of the recorded lecture. After completing the activity, participants must complete an evaluation and a post-test in which they must answer at least 80% of the answers correctly in order to receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. The participant cannot proceed to request credit until this score is achieved.

To claim MOC, the following steps must be completed:
1. Pre-test prior to viewing the recording,
2. View the recording in its entirety,
3. Successfully pass a post-test with a score of 80%, and 
4. Complete the evaluation form.

Disclosure Statement
None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Registration
There is no fee to complete the course, registration is required. 

ADA Compliance Statement
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Wisconsin Medical Society seeks to make this activity accessible to all. If you have a disability, which might require special accommodations, please call 608.442.3800.
 
This continuing education session is made possible thanks to grant funding support from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services in collaboration with partners from Wisconsin Hospital Association, Wisconsin Department of Justice, and Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources.
  
E-mail education@wismed.org with any questions.