Advances in Aging Fall Lectures Kickoff Aug. 13 with Dr. Mindy Fain on ‘Death by Bed Rest’

Dr. Mindy J. FainMindy J. Fain, MD, the Anne & Alden Hart Professor of Medicine, chief of the UA Division of Geriatrics, General Internal Medicine and Palliative Medicine, and co-director of the UA Center on Aging, launches the Advances in Aging Lectures for the fall semester with her address, “Death by Bed Rest” on Monday, Aug. 13, at noon in Kiewit Auditorium.

The lecture series, sponsored by the UA Center on Aging, Arizona Geriatric Workforce Education Program and Arizona Reynolds Program of Applied Geriatrics, also serves as the grand rounds for the Division of Geriatrics, General Internal Medicine and Palliative Medicine.

Flyer for Advances in Aging Lecture with Dr. Mindy Fain, Aug. 13, 2018View the flyer for this event here. 

All lectures occur at the same time and location—second Monday of the month. They are free and open to the public, no registration is required and a light lunch is served. Please be aware that program organizers are unable to validate parking.

Use this link to add the event to your personal schedule (via iCal, MSOutlook, Google or Yahoo! Calendar).

Fall 2018 Lecturers
Other lectures this fall will occur:

Dr. Betty GliskySEPT. 10: Elizabeth “Betty” Glisky, PhD, a professor of cognition/neural systems and director of the Aging and Cognition Unit, UA Department of Psychology, who is also affiliated with the UA Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute and UA Cognitive Science Graduate Interdisciplinary Program (GIDP)
 

 

Dr. Angela BrownOCT. 8: Angela Brown, DNP, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, CDE, a clinical assistant professor, Community and Systems Health Science Division, UA College of Nursing
 

 


Dr. Cheryl LacasseDEC. 10: Cheryl Lacasse, PhD, RN, AOCNS, a clinical professor, Biobehavioral Health Science Division, coordinator of the RN-MSN Program, and director of Teaching/Learning Practice and Evaluation, UA College of Nursing

Flyer for Advances in Aging Lectures for Fall 2018View a flyer for the fall lectures in the Advances in Aging series here

Look for more details on the topic of their lectures here later.

There is no lecture in November due to the Veterans Day holiday.
 

CME Credits
For health care professionals, continuing medical education (CME) credit for this lecture series is provided by the UA College of Medicine – Tucson. The college at the UA Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide CMEs for physicians. The college designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA/PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ per lecture. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ALSO SEE:
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“Two UA Med Students Headed to Harvard, Johns Hopkins This Summer for Geriatrics Studies Courtesy of MSTAR Scholarships” | Posted May 1, 2018
“UA Dementia Education and Practice Lauded in Commonwealth Fund Report on ‘Transforming Care’ in Aging” | Posted Dec. 21, 2017
“Lo Que Pasa Interviews UA Geriatrician Mindy Fain on Health Care That Hits Home” | Posted Nov. 27, 2017
“Take Advantage of ‘Home-Based Primary Care Training for Clinicians & Practice Managers’” | Posted Sept. 28, 2017
“UA Center on Aging Joins Nationwide Network For Home-based Primary Care Education” | Posted Aug. 4, 2017

Release Date: 
07/19/2018 - 4:15pm