The Geriatric Lecture Series is presented online as a series of monthly lectures. Each lecture can be viewed for one month and is accessible exclusively during the month it is scheduled. This series is sponsored by the Iowa Geriatric Education Center and the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.
The following schedule is subject to change.
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Date
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Topic
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Presenter
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| April | Advance Directives in the Context of Decline | Mercedes Bern-Klug, PhD, MSW |
| May | Assessment of Decisional Capacity, Guardianship, and Surrogate Decision Making |
Kathleen Buckwalter, PhD, RN, FAAN Josephine Gittler, JD |
| June | Discussing Goals of Care and Medical Decision Making with Families of Patients with Impaired Decisional Capacity | Gabriela Cherascu, MD |
| July | Cancer Screening, Detection and Management in Patients with Dementia | Susan Slycord, DO |
| August | Oral Health Care in Older Adults at the End of Life | Xi Chen, DDS, PhD |
| September | Discontinuation of Medications in Dementia | John Swegle, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP |
| October | Diagnosis and Management of Pain in Patients with Dementia | Keela Herr, PhD, RN, FAAN, AGSF |
| November | Treatment Decisions in Patients with Advanced Dementia | Paul Mulhausen, MD |
| December | Dementia in the Context of Serious and Persistent Mental Illness | Kari Malwitz, MD |