Product Description
American Medical Seminars, Inc. Family and Internal Medicine – Day 1 3/16/2026
Original Release Date: July 1, 2026
Expiration Date: July 1, 2029
Presenting Faculty: Gary Oberlender;
Delirium in the Elderly – Current Concepts
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Specify diagnostic features and common causes of delirium in seniors.
- Distinguish the causes of persistent delirium.
- Use evidence-based medicine to formulate treatment approaches to delirious seniors.
- Recognize treatment options for intermittent agitation using evidence-based medicine.
Evaluation and Treatment of Dementia in Seniors
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Determine the common causes of cognitive dysfunction and dementia in seniors.
- Develop an evidence-based evaluation of seniors with cognitive dysfunction.
- Evaluate the relative risks and benefits of available treatment options for dementia in seniors.
- Distinguish the central role of caregiver education and support in treating seniors with dementia
Advanced Nutritional Assessment and Therapy
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Integrate readily available clinical data to make accurate nutritional assessments in seniors.
- Relate metabolic changes in aging to assess risk for malnutrition.
- Apply an evidence-based approach to treatment of undernutrition in seniors.
Vitamin B-12 and Vitamin Din Seniors
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Integrate the normal physiology of Vitamins B-12 and D.
- Differentiate the pathologic syndromes associated with B-12 and D deficiency.
- Develop an evidence-based evaluation of B-12 and D deficiency for seniors.
- Develop an evidence-based approach to treatment options for B-12 and Din seniors.
UTI and Urinary Incontinence in the Elderly
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Understand the challenges in diagnosing UTI in diferent elderly populations
- Assess the high prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria in seniors and how it afects diagnosis
- Apply community based treatment goals and measures for incontinence in seniors
- Determine the many potential factors underlying incontinence that go beyond genitourinary pathology
- Consider a non-drug approach to the most common incontinence syndromes
