Frail elderly and geriatric syndromes are the topics for the next geriatric care conference to be broadcast live via the state-wide telehealth network July 16-17.
The two-day conference is targeted to health care professionals and will focus on urinary incontinence, unintentional weight loss and failure to thrive, management of hip fractures, developing a rural geriatric assessment program and palliative care.
The conference is part of an educational series hosted by the Nebraska Geriatric Education Center (NEBGEC) at UNMC. It will be broadcast from UNMC’s Durham Research Center to nine sites across the state via the state telehealth network. They include: Beatrice, Chadron, Cozad, Grand Island, Holdrege, Lincoln, Norfolk, Pender and Scottsbluff.
Up to 15 contact hours are available for this conference depending on the number of days attended and profession. For more specific contact hour information as it pertains to your discipline, refer to the Center for Continuing Education website at www.unmc.edu/cce.
Registration deadline is July 1 and can be made online at the Web site listed above or by calling (877) 832-6924 or (402) 559-5929.
Below is a listing of the telehealth network locations where the conference will be broadcast.
Beatrice: Beatrice Community Hospital & Health Center, Garden Room, 1110 N. 10th St.
Chadron: Chadron Community Hospital, teleconference room, 821 Morehead St.
Cozad: Cozad Community Hospital, conference room, 300 East 12th St.
Grand Island: Central District Health Department, main conference room, 1137 S. Locust St.
Holdrege: Phelps Memorial Health Center, lower level conference room, 1215 Tibbals St.
Lincoln: VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, auditorium, 600 S. 70th St.
Norfolk: Faith Regional Health Services, Medical Office Building West, Madison room, 110 N. 28th St.
Pender: Pender Community Hospital, conference room, 603 Earl St.
Scottsbluff: Regional West Medical Center, South Plaza Room 1202, 4021 Ave. B.
UNMC is the only public health science center in the state. Its educational programs are responsible for training more health professionals practicing in Nebraska than any other institution. Through their commitment to education, research, patient care and outreach, UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, have established themselves as one of the country’s leading centers in cancer, transplantation biology, bioterrorism preparedness, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, genetics, biomedical technology and ophthalmology. UNMC’s research funding from external sources now exceeds $82 million annually and has resulted in the creation of more than 2,600 highly skilled jobs in the state. UNMC’s physician practice group, UNMC Physicians, includes 513 physicians in 50 specialties and subspecialties who practice primarily in The Nebraska Medical Center. For more information, go to UNMC’s Web site at www.unmc.edu.
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