The NW Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Center – in collaboration with the UW School of Nursing and the VA Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center – is offering the Spring 2019 Geriatric Healthcare Lecture Series!
We are pleased to be able to offer once again this popular series of interdisciplinary lectures on Geriatric Healthcare. These lectures are available locally to students/faculty/staff across our three campuses and community professionals on Tuesdays, April 2 – June 4, from 4:00-5:30 in the UW Health Sciences Building, T-wing, Room T661 (EXCEPT 4/9 – when the lecture will be in T747). The topics are listed at the end of this email. There is no charge for attending any one or all of the lectures, unless you want academic course credit (see “important note” below) or continuing education contact hours (information will be provided at the lectures for CE registration).
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR UW STUDENTS WANTING TO REGISTER FOR THE ONLINE SERIES FOR 1 ACADEMIC CREDIT: Please consult the Time Schedule and register online for either NURS499B (BASW Students, SLN 17729) or NURS599B (MSW, SLN 17747)-“Geriatric Health Promotion” (Barbara Cochrane, instructor). This is an ONLINE 1 credit, interdisciplinary course; the lectures are available “asynchronously” via video stream. If you want to attend the lecture in-person AND get academic credit, that works too.
2019 Geriatric Healthcare Series — Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
Tuesdays, April 2 – June 4, from 4:00-5:30 PM Pacific Standard Time,
Magnuson Health Sciences Building, Room T-661 (*EXCEPT 4/9 in T-747)
4/2 Depression
Stephen Thielke, MD, MSPH
Professor, Medicine / Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
4/9* Aging and Gastrointestinal Health
Margaret Heitkemper, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Chair, Nursing / Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics
4/16 Suicide in Older Adults
David Gruenewald, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine / Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Nicole Torrence, PhD, Clinical Geriatric Psychologist, VA Puget Sound Health Care
Elizabeth Vig, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Medicine / Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
4/23 The Aging Eye: Understanding Vision Loss in Geriatric Populations
Thellea Leveque, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine / Ophthalmology
4/30 Shingles
Steven Pergam, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Medicine /Allergy and Infectious Diseases
5/7 An Orientation to Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids
Michelle Quinn, AuD
Audiologist, Medicine / Oral Maxillofacial
5/14 Arthritis in the Older Adult
Gregory Gardner, MD, MACP
Professor, Medicine / Rheumatology
5/21 Medications and Aging: Keeping it safe and effective
Peggy Odegard, PharmD
Professor and Chair, Pharmacy
5/28 Urinary Incontinence in the Geriatric Patient
Jane Miller, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine / Urology
6/4 Practical Integrative Medicine in Geriatric Healthcare
Lianne Hirano, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine / Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine