Through the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education, the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology offers a Current Topics in Geriatrics course each year, typically in February. 

This three-day course, which takes place in Baltimore, Maryland, is open to:

• Geriatricians
• Internists
• Family practitioners
• Physician assistants
• Nurses and nurse practitioners

Objectives

After attending the course, participants will be able to:

• Recognize common geriatric syndromes and initiate treatment for these syndromes.
• Identify approaches to and limits of management of specific disease of organ systems that are common in the elderly (e.g. dementia, depression, vitamin D deficiency).
• Describe important research developments that influence the clinical care of geriatric patients.

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