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Join panelists Eduardo Diaz, MD; Amina Dubuisson, DNP, MSN, RN, PCNS-BC; Karen Goldsmith, Esq.; Gregory A. Sullivan, MD; and your host, Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD; for this special episode of FMDA’s Journal Club, Best Practices for Applying the Baker Act in SNFs.
Our learning objectives for this session were:
Recorded: September 21, 2022
Panelists: Eduardo Diaz, MD; Amina Dubuisson, DNP, MSN, RN, PCNS-BC; Karen Goldsmith, Esq.; Gregory A. Sullivan, MD
Hosted by: Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD
Available Credit: The American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) issues CMD credits for AMDA On-The-Go and affiliate podcast episodes as follows:
Alex Bardakh, the Society’s director of public policy and advocacy, shares the latest news from the nation’s capital.
Resources - Tell Your Members of Congress to Support the Nursing Home Disclosure Act - Nursing homes would report medical director data to CMS under new bill - CMS Returning to Certain Pre-COVID-19 Policies in Long-term Care and Other Facilities - CMS Clarifies Use of Telehealth After Waivers Lifted -AMDA On-The-Go: Boosters, Vaccines and More--COVID Update Questions? Email Alex at abardakh@paltc.orgNo credit is available for this program.
Join special guest, Leonard R. Hock Jr., DO, MACOI, CMD, and our host, Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD, for this episode of FMDA's Journal Club, Resident Wishes: DNR, POLST, Advanced Care Planning, and More.
Our learning objectives for this session were:
Recorded: August 31, 2022
Special Guest: Leonard R. Hock Jr., DO, MACOI, CMD
Hosted by: Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD
Available Credit: The American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) issues CMD credits for AMDA On-The-Go and affiliate podcast episodes as follows:
Title: “State Advocacy: Partnering with the State Medical Society”
Jay Slotkin. MD, MPH, CMD is a board certified internist, geriatrician and certified medical director with over 40 years of clinical experience practicing as a medical director and attending physician in nursing homes and rehabilitation centers. He received his medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, NY and completed his residency training at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Following his residency training, he completed an MPH in Health Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before settling down in private practice on Long Island, NY. He has worked in many leadership roles including as President of the Medical Staff at Eastern Long Island Hospital. He has been a long-standing member of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) and has served as the Chair of the LTC Subcommittee since 2018. He is past president of the New York State Medical Directors Association (NYMDA) and serves as an active member of the policy committee. He is presently consulting with an ACO on how to collaborate with nursing homes and remains actively involved in education with medical students, residents, physician assistants and nurse practitioners as Clinical Associate Professor in Medicine at SUNY, Stony Brook, NY.
Recording Date: August 11, 2022
Host: Carl J. “Christian” Bergman, MD, CMD
Guest: Jay P Slotkin, MD, MPH, CMD
State: New York
Affiliation: New York State Medical Directors Association
Available Credit: The American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) issues CMD credits for AMDA On-The-Go and affiliate podcast episodes as follows:
Host: Karl Steinberg MD, HMDC, CMD
Guests: Philip Sloane MD, MPH; Mallory Brown, MD
Topics: Care of medical emergencies in older persons; CPR in the nursing home; and virtual versus face-to-face interactions
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Available Credit: The American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) issues CMD credits for AMDA On-The-Go and affiliate podcast episodes as follows:
Jane Winston, MD, AAFP, CMD is a native of Wahpeton ND, and a graduate of the University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She completed an internship at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis MN, a family medicine residency program at the UND Family Practice Center in Fargo ND, and a geriatric fellowship at Sun Health/St. Joseph’s in Phoenix AZ.
Dr. Winston is Board Certified in Family Medicine and holds a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine. She is a Certified Medical Director, and a Clinical Assistant Professor in Geriatrics and Family and Community Medicine at UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Winston retired from her geriatric medicine practice at Sanford Health in Fargo in 2020 just before the Covid-19 pandemic began.
As an advocate for age-friendly care for older adults, she volunteered and served on the North Dakota Medical Association Covid-19 Physician Advisory Group and the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) Covid-19 State Task Force. In 2021 she was appointed to the AMDA State-Based Policy & Advocacy Subcommittee. She is also a member of the Maricopa County Department of Public Health Medical Reserve Corp and serves as a volunteer vaccinator. She and her husband reside in Fargo ND and enjoy time away in the winter in Arizona. She has 3 stepdaughters and 4 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Dr. Winston also enjoys reading, cooking, walking, yoga, and traveling.
Recording Date: July 26, 2022
Host: Carl J. “Christian” Bergman, MD, CMD
Guest: Jane Winston, M.D., A.A.F.P., C.M.D
State: North Dakota
Affiliation: North Central Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine
Available Credit: The American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) issues CMD credits for AMDA On-The-Go and affiliate podcast episodes as follows:
August-September 2022
In this episode Karl Steinberg and Elizabeth Galik discuss the unfolding research on long COVID in older adults and long-term care residents, a model for behavioral health integration, human-animal interactions and intergenerational programs in nursing homes, and the link between breakfast protein quality and sarcopenia.
Host: Karl Steinberg, MD, HMDC, CMD
Guest(s): Elizabeth Galik, Ph.D., CRNP
Resources: Caring for the Ages
Recorded: August 9, 2022
Available Credit: The American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) issues CMD credits for AMDA On-The-Go and affiliate podcast episodes as follows:
This podcast will spotlight articles from the July 2022 issue of JAMDA. JAMDA is the official journal of AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.
Host: Karl Steinberg MD, HMDC, CMD
Guests: Philip Sloane MD, MPH; Mallory Brown, MD
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Recorded: July 18, 2022
Available Credit: The American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) issues CMD credits for AMDA On-The-Go and affiliate podcast episodes as follows:
Title: “The The Story Behind AB749”
Our Guest Michael R. Wasserman, MD, CMD is a geriatrician who has devoted his career to serving the needs of older adults. He has been a tireless advocate for vulnerable older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, with multiple peer-reviewed publications and television appearances. He served as a member of the National Academy of Science’s “A Framework for Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus” Committee and was a member of California’s Community Vaccine Advisory Committee. He is Editor-in-Chief of Springer’s upcoming textbook, Geriatric Medicine: A Person-Centered Evidence-Based Approach.
Recording Date: July 5, 2022
Host: Carl J. “Christian” Bergman, MD, CMD
Guest: Michael R. Wasserman, MD, CMD
State: California
Affiliation: CALTCM
Available Credit: The American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) issues CMD credits for AMDA On-The-Go and affiliate podcast episodes as follows:
We review and discuss all things new around COVID vaccinations and boosters, while addressing the questions that are often asked by PALTC clinicians and staff. In addition we tackle the ongoing challenge of vaccine & booster hesitancy and apathy.
Featuring: With Swati Gaur, MD, and Leslie Eber, MD. Hosted by Diane Sanders-Cepeda
Recording Date: 7/1/22
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