Acknowledgments

Funding for Caring for the Older Adult III is provided by a grant from the Public Health Service, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions.

The University of Florida Geriatrics Education Center (UF-GEC) would like to thank each of the speakers for the time and effort so graciously donated to the production of this program.

We would also like to give special thanks to the University of Florida College of Medicine's Office of Medical Informatics for their invaluable help and expertise in preparing this program for presentation online and for providing space on their server.

Program Description

Caring for the Older Adults III is a series of six audiocassette modules designed to target all health professionals in the nursing home, hospital, clinic, and home health care environments. This program was produced and distributed by the University of Florida Geriatric Education Center (GEC), in cooperation with the North Florida Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) and the Gainesville VA Medical Center Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC). Internet Release Date: August 15, 2003.

 

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Links to Modules and Program Information

General Instructions

Instructions

Please follow these easy steps to earn your continuing education credit:

1. System Requirements: For optimal results, the following is required or recommended:

a. 56Kmodem for dial-up or better
b. Browser: Netscape 4.78 or greater; Internet Explorer 5 or greater (For best results in viewing slides, please maximize your browser)
c. Player for Real Audio files: (once a module has been selected from the Modules page, if your system does not currently have Real One Player, there is a link to the Real Player download site )

2. View synchronized slides and listen to each module
a. Click on Program Modules
b. Click on the first talk of Module 1
c. To view automated, synchronized slide/audio, click on the Real Audio icon () next to the slide #

d. To view slides only, without sound, click on the underlined title of the first slide. Thereafter, press "next" or "previous" to go forward or back.
e. If you need or want to listen to a particular slide again, click on "index" and click on the Real Audio icon () next to that slide.
f. If you need or want to see the slide without sound, click on "index" and click on the underlined title of that particular slide.
g. If you need to pause the audio, click on the Pause Button of the Real One Player. If you need to stop the audio (which takes it back to the beginning), click on the Stop Button.

To assure maxiumum viewing, once the Real Audio window opens, please maximize the Real Audio Media Browser window by clicking once on the middle icon on the upper right-hand corner.

3. Read and review all supplemental material

4. Complete and submit the posttest for that module.

a. From the Program Modules page, go to the appropriate module and click on " Posttest and Evaluation for Module (#)" to take the posttest.

b. At end of posttest, type name as it should appear on the certificate and submit.

c. The posttest is self-grading and results will appear. If you pass the posttest with a grade of 70% or better, the program will prompt you to continue on to the evaluation.

d. Press "Proceed to Certificate" and complete all questions on the evaluation.

e. Window containing Certificate will appear. Print copy of certificate. Please note that once you have left the certificate screen, certificate will no longer be accessible and no other certificate or proof of completion can be provided.

f. Close Certificate window.

g. Click on "coa3" at top left hand of evaluation form.

Note: If you do not pass the posttest with a grade of 70% or better, you will not be permitted to proceed to the evaluation and you must redo Steps 1-3.

Verification of CME/CEU

Please be sure you have printed your certificate upon completion of program as instructed in Step 4e above... certificate page will no longer be accessible and no other certificate or proof of credit can be provided.

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Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Education (CEU) Credit
Available Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Education (CE) Credit

This program was originally released in binder format on July 2003 and is accredited through May 15, 2005. Available continuing education credit will be provided as follows:

Continuing Medical Education (CME) - Category 1 credit will be issued to physicians and physician assistants.

Accreditation: Accreditation The University of Florida College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: The University of Florida College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of six (6) category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity. Approval Date:

Nursing Continuing Education Credit - Nursing Continuing Education will be provided by the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System. The North Florida/South Georgia Veterans system is an approved provider of continuing education in the State of Florida (provider number 2285). This program meets the requirements of the Florida Board of Nursing for 6 contact hours of continuing education.

Social Worker Continuing Education Credit - Continuing education credit for social workers will be provided by The University of Florida College of Medicine. The Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling has approved this program for 6 hours of credit. (Provider #BAP 429, expires 03/03) Each participant should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) -- Disciplines, including nursing, not specifically covered above or not indicated by the participant on the evaluation form will be issued general continuing education units. Participants are responsible for contacting the provider in their discipline in order to receive specific continuing education credit.

The University of Florida is accredited by the American Council on Continuing Education and designates this activity for .60 Continuing Education Credit Units (CEU).

Each participant should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Criteria for Qualifying and Applying for Continuing Medical Education (CME)
or General Continuing Education (CE) Credit

CME/CE credit will be awarded for each individual module completed. Each audio module and accompanying material will constitute one "contact or credit hour" toward awarding of CME or CE.

Each module contains approximately 40-45 minutes of qualifying educational material. Accompanying each module is reading material relevant to the particular module representing approximately 15 minutes of qualifying educational material.

Each module will be accompanied by a posttest and evaluation form on content, speakers, format, and overall quality. This evaluation also requests information required for our records as well as your recommendations for future topics.

At the conclusion of each module's posttest and evaluation, a certificate will be issued through the system.

Completion of Posttest and Evaluation
In order to receive credit for each individual module, the posttest for each module must be completed, and the participant must achieve a grade of at least 70%.
Once the posttest has been successfully completed, the program will take the participant directly to the evaluation form. In order to receive credit for each individual module, the evaluation for that program module must be electronically submitted, and license number and discipline must be indicated.

Supplemental Materials to be used with Modules

The accompanying handout material of approximately 15 minutes of supplemental reading and study is part of and is to be used in conjunction with the program audio modules in order to qualify as a completed program. Questions pertaining to the handout materials will be included in the posttest.

Speaker Confict of Interest

It is the policy of the University of Florida Office of Continuing Medical Education to insure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its individually sponsored or jointly sponsored educational programs. All faculty participating in any University of Florida sponsored programs, are expected to disclose to the program audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of the continuing education program. This pertains to relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic.

The intent of this policy is not to prevent a speaker with a potential conflict of interest from making a presentation. It is merely intended that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of the facts. It remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker's outside interests may reflect a possible bias in either the exposition or the conclusions presented.

Questions

If you have any questions, please contact the University of Florida Geriatric Education Center at (352) 265-0274, FAX (352) 265-0153, e-mail gec@medicine.ufl.edu.

If you experience any problems with the program, please email an itemized list of occurrences to Peggy Smith at smithmo@medicine.ufl.edu.

We also invite your ideas for future program topics. Please email any suggested topics to Peggy Smith at smithmo@medicine.ufl.edu.

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Geriatric Education Center
Box 100277
J. Hillis Miller Health
Science Center
Gainesville, FL 32610-0277
Designed and maintained by Peggy Smith, UF-GEC
Last modified on 1/15/04