Harvard 41st Annual Review of Geriatric Medicine 2025
A comprehensive five-day geriatric medicine update focused on the specialized clinical management of older adults across primary care, hospital care, nursing home care, psychiatry, neurology, cardiology, chronic disease, prevention, palliative care, and complex geriatric syndromes.
Harvard 41st Annual Review of Geriatric Medicine 2025 is a recorded medical course package focused on practical care of older adults. The program reviews common medical, neurological, psychiatric, functional, and social challenges encountered in geriatric practice.
Included: 105 MP4 videos, 74 PDF files, total size 30.7 GB.
About This Course
Older adults often present with complex combinations of chronic disease, functional decline, medication burden, cognitive change, frailty, pain, mood symptoms, social concerns, and end-of-life planning needs.
This course provides an authoritative update on geriatric medicine with practical lectures and workshop-style sessions designed to help clinicians improve care in office practice, hospitals, long-term care settings, and community-based care.
Why Choose This Course
Key Highlights
- Comprehensive 2025 update in geriatric medicine
- Includes 105 recorded MP4 videos and 74 downloadable PDF resources
- Five-day program covering common clinical problems in older adults
- Practical focus on office practice, hospital care, nursing home care, and complex geriatric syndromes
- Covers cardiology, diabetes, infection, COPD, falls, frailty, dementia, depression, delirium, pain, and palliative care
- Useful for physicians, nurses, NPs, PAs, pharmacists, psychologists, and clinicians caring for older adults
Core Learning Areas
Complete Curriculum
Day 1: Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes & Prevention
- Update in geriatrics
- Chronic heart failure in older adults
- Coronary artery disease
- Diabetes management made simple
- Diagnosis and management of peripheral artery disease
- Dyslipidemia
- Evaluation and management of arrhythmias
- Hypertension
- Prevention made ridiculously easy
- Strokes and transient ischemic attacks
Day 2: Infection, Pulmonary Disease, Bones, Frailty & Function
- Blueprint for smarter antibiotic use in the older adult
- Challenging cases in rheumatology
- Diabetes treatment in older adults
- Blood pressure management in older adults
- Managing older drivers: clinical, ethical, and legal issues
- Exercise as a vital component of successful aging
- Hearing loss and aging
- Frailty in older adults from assessment to action
- COPD
- Spinal stenosis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and sleep problems
Day 3: Skin, Thyroid, Drugs, Falls, GI, Kidney & Perioperative Care
- Aging skin
- Common thyroid problems
- Drug therapy and safe prescribing in older adults
- Falls assessment and prevention
- GI issues in older adults
- Health screening
- Kidney disease
- Perioperative assessment and treatment of the older adult
- Pressure ulcers: evidence-based prevention and management
- Prostate cancer, benign prostatic hypertrophy, and urinary incontinence
Day 4: Dementia, Delirium, Depression & Geriatric Psychiatry
- Advanced care planning for the older adult
- Problems in geriatric psychiatry
- Cognitive testing for the primary care clinician
- Toe-to-head geriatric assessment
- Diet and exercise
- Delirium
- Depression
- Diagnosis of dementia
- Goal-directed care for older adults with multiple chronic conditions
- Late-life psychosis, Parkinson’s disease, treatment of dementia, and women’s health issues
Day 5: Hematology, Anticoagulation, Pain, Vision & Care Partners
- Care of the care partner of a person living with dementia
- Challenges of anticoagulation in older adults
- Common hematological malignancies and novel therapeutics in older adults
- Hematology 101 for the geriatrician
- Pain management in the older adult
- The aging eye
- Clinical decision-making for complex multimorbidity
- Practical geriatric case review
Cognitive Screening & Extra Resources
- AD8 cognitive screening resource
- IQCODE resource
- Mini-Cog resource
- MoCA administration instructions
- MoCA basic instructions and forms
- RUDAS administration guide and score sheet
- Short Blessed Test
- Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire
- SLUMS cognitive screening resource
Learning Objectives
By Completing This Course, You Will Be Able To:
- Evaluate palliative care and its role in caring for older adults at end of life
- Identify opportunities to engage patients in advanced care planning
- Determine which patients are eligible for hospice benefits
- Develop appropriate strategies to manage pain in older adults
- Recognize the altered presentation of common illnesses in older adults
- Determine the etiologic factors contributing to common geriatric syndromes
- Review principles of appropriate and effective prescribing in older adults
- Differentiate between the effects of aging and disease
- Apply new strategies to manage common medical problems such as COPD, pain, infection, and osteoarthritis
Who Should Take This Course
This course is designed for nurses, nurse practitioners, primary care physicians, pharmacists, specialty physicians, physician assistants, psychologists, internists, family medicine clinicians, geriatricians, residents, fellows, and healthcare professionals seeking training in the care of older adults.
Delivery & Access
This course package is provided for recorded learning access. No CME points or certificate are associated with this product.
Reviews
A very practical geriatric medicine update. The dementia, palliative care, and chronic disease sections are especially useful for daily care.
Excellent recorded course for clinicians working with older adults. The topics are broad, practical, and clinically relevant.
The course is easy to review at my own pace, and the PDF materials are helpful for revisiting important geriatric care concepts.
FAQ
Who is this course best suited for?
It is ideal for nurses, nurse practitioners, primary care physicians, pharmacists, specialty physicians, physician assistants, psychologists, internists, family medicine clinicians, geriatricians, residents, fellows, and clinicians caring for older adults.
What is included in the course package?
The package includes 105 MP4 videos and 74 PDF files, with a total size of 30.7 GB.
What topics are covered?
The course covers chronic heart failure, coronary artery disease, diabetes, PAD, dyslipidemia, arrhythmias, hypertension, stroke/TIA, antibiotic use, COPD, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, sleep problems, aging skin, falls, drug therapy, GI issues, kidney disease, pressure ulcers, urinary incontinence, advanced care planning, delirium, depression, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, geriatric psychiatry, anticoagulation, hematology, pain management, and the aging eye.
Is this course practical for daily geriatric care?
Yes. It focuses on common clinical problems encountered in older adults across office practice, hospital care, nursing home care, and complex chronic disease management.
Does this product include CME or a certificate?
No. This course package does not include CME points or a certificate.
Who can I contact for support?
You can contact us at [email protected].
Dr. Sarah K. –
“The recorded sessions were incredibly insightful! Having access via Google Drive made it easy to revisit the material whenever I needed.”
Dr. John M. –
“I loved the convenience of the direct download link! The updates on geriatric care are essential for my practice.”
Nurse Emily R. –
“The ability to study at my own pace was fantastic. The content was relevant and applicable to my daily work with older adults.”
Dr. Alex T. –
“This course provided a wealth of information on managing complex geriatric issues. I can’t recommend it enough!”
Dr. Rachel L. –
“Accessing the videos and slides on Google Drive was seamless. I appreciated the flexibility it offered.”
Nurse Practitioner Lisa G. –
“The case studies were particularly helpful. I feel much more prepared to address the challenges I face in my practice.”
Dr. Brian H –
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Dr. Mia S. –
“The quality of the lectures was outstanding. I loved being able to pause and take notes without missing anything.”
Dr. Kevin J. –
“The focus on practical skills was invaluable. The recorded format allowed me to review key concepts thoroughly.”
Dr. Jenna P. –
“The updates on palliative care were especially enlightening. I’m grateful for the easy access to such important information!”
Dr. Peter F. –
“This course is a must for anyone working with older adults. The downloadable content makes it a great resource for future reference.”
Nurse Anna W. –
“I learned so much about patient engagement in advanced care planning. The recordings made it easy to digest the information.”
Dr. Tom N. –
“The convenience of being able to access the course from anywhere was a huge plus. I feel more equipped to handle geriatric cases now.”
Dr. Nicole Y. –
“The course materials were well-organized and easy to navigate. I loved the flexibility to learn on my own schedule.”
Dr. Sam O. –
“The diversity of topics covered was impressive. I’m excited to implement these strategies in my practice!”
Dr. Lisa T. –
“This course revitalized my approach to geriatric care. The Google Drive access made it super convenient to review.”
Dr. Mark Z. –
“The direct download link was a breeze to use. I’m so glad I invested in this course—it’s worth every penny!”