Clinical Medicine

(FR17) New to PALTC Medicine? Welcome Symposium!

Friday, March 10, 2023

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET

Room: Ballroom A

CME: (1.5) MOC: (1.5) CMD Management: (1.5) Nursing Contact Hours: (1.5) AAFP: (1.5)

This symposium organized by members of the AMDA New Provider Orientation Work Group serves as an overview of the newly released web-based learning modules available to AMDA members to provide an overview of the populations served, the environment of care, and the common clinical conditions and their unique presentations and management in PALTC settings. The format includes three brief didactic presentations that will highlight the five domains of the learning modules followed by small group discussions of clinical cases led by members of the work group. The five domains include 1) PALTC settings and populations served, 2) Interdisciplinary Team and care planning, 3) Common clinical issues 4) Transitions in care, and 5) Justice, equity, and joy of PALTC practice.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this session, learners will be able to:

Define the populations served, the clinical services provided, the environment of care and the unique regulatory issues of PALTC settings.
Define the roles and responsibilities of the Interdisciplinary Team providing PALTC services
Identify unique clinical issues common in PALTC care settings.
Consider PALTC in the continuum of health care settings and identify strategies to improve transitions in care to and from PALTC settings.

Session Chair/Speaker(s)

MB

Michele F. Bellantoni, MD, CMD

Associate Professor & Clinical Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
Baltimore, Maryland

Slides PDF

Speaker(s)

Sarah A. M. Hallen, FACP, MD

Program Director, Geriatrics Fellowship, Maine Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Tufts University
Portland, Maine
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Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP

Professor
Baltimore, Maryland
Erin K. Brooks, PA-C (she/her/hers)

Physician Assistant
Fairport, New York
Paige Hector, LMSW

Author | Speaker | Educator
Tucson, Arizona
Fatima Sheikh, MD, CMD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer
PASEDENA, Maryland