Advances in Aging Lecture - 'Cognitive Screening in the Hearing Impaired'

Mon, 06/11/2018 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Advances in Aging Lecture Series

CME Credit Provided by the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson | Please note this month's event returns to Kiewit Auditorium.

TOPIC: "Cognitive Screening in the Hearing Impaired" 
SPEAKER: Laura Vitkus, MPH, coordinator, Arizona Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program, University of Arizona Center on Aging.

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Monday, June 11, 2018
Noon-1 p.m. | A light lunch will be served
Kiewit Auditorium, UA Cancer Center
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To view, download, post or share the flyer for this event, click here:  advances-in-aging-lecture_cme-flyer_june.2018.pdf

The Advances in Aging Lecture Series is hosted by the University of Arizona Center on Aging Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program in conjunction with the Division of Geriatrics, General Internal Medicine and Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, UA College of Medicine - Tucson. It also serves as the grand rounds lectures for the division. For the full list of lectures in this series, please visit this webpage or click on the following PDF for a printable calendar:  advances-in-aging_full-calendar-2018_updated-flyer.pdf

Objectives:

  1. Identify commonly used measures of cognitive assessment
  2. Discuss the role that hearing loss plays on cognitive assessment outcomes
  3. List three strategies to reduce the impact of identified hearing loss on cognitive assessment outcomes

Accreditation Statement:
The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement(s):
All faculty, CME planning committee members, and the CME office reviewers have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with commercial interests that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.

CONTACT: Rachele L. Peterson, MPH, MA, rpeterson@aging.arizona.edu or (520) 626-5808

■ View archived presentations of this lecture series: http://streaming.biocom.arizona.edu/categories/?id=5

Event Location: 

University of Arizona Cancer Center Leon F. Levy Building, Kiewit Auditorium
1515 N. Campbell Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85724