This course is intended for Physicians of all specialties, Nurses, and Other Health Care Professionals with appropriate CME / CE credit offered for each profession.
All participants must achieve a final assessment score of at least seventy percent (70%) for recertification and continuing education credits. You have 60 days to complete the course after ordering.
This activity is valid from January, 2024, through October 19, 2026. Original release date: October 20, 2023.
About the Author:
Kevin Biese, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine (EM) and Internal Medicine - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Dr. Biese serves as an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine (EM) and Internal Medicine, Vice-Chair of Academic Affairs, and Director of the Division of Geriatrics Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill School of Medicine as well as a Vice-Chair of the Board of the UNC Health Alliance and UNC Senior Alliance. He also serves as a consultant with West Health, a San Diego-based philanthropic organization dedicated to improving care for older adults (https://www.westhealth.org).
With the support of the John A. Hartford (https://www.johnahartford.org) and West Health Foundations, he is the co-leader, alongside Dr. Ula Hwang, of the national Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (https://gedcollaborative.com), serving as PI of the implementation arm. He is grateful to chair the first Board of Governors for the ACEP Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation Program (https://www.acep.org/geda/) which has now improved the quality of care in over 420 emergency departments in 40 states and four countries.