AGS 2012 Friday: Screening and Preventive Care

Screening and Preventive Care in Older Adults - Optimizing Quality by Individualizing Decisions

Moderator: Elizabeth N. Eckstrom, MD, MPH, Associate Professor and Director of Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University
The workshop will provide participants with information and resources to improve decision making and patient centered communication about the risks and benefits of screening in older adults.  After introductory content overviews, participants will break into small groups to discuss challenging cases and practice using the new tools that have been presented.

The USPSTF Approach to Screening in Older Adults
Rosanne M. Leipzig, MD, PhD, Vice Chair for Education and Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Prognostication
Louise C. Walter, MD, Professor of Medicine, UCSF, Staff Physician, San Francisco VA 

On-Line Tools to Assist Clinicians in Prognostication
Sei J. Lee, MD, MAS, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSF; Staff Physician, San Francisco VA
Alexander K. Smith, MD, MS, MPH, Assistant Professor, UCSF