Frailty: The Deciding Factor

In this online course, Alexander Sasha Rackman, M.D., defines frailty, identifies the importance of detecting frailty, reviews its impact and evaluates treatment and interventions.

Target Audience

Internal Medicine Physicians, Family Medicine Physicians, Obstetricians, Hospitalists, Fellows, Physician Assistants/Physician Associates, Residents, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Nurses, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and all other interested healthcare providers.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the markers, pathophysiology, and epidemiology of frailty. 
  • Recognize the importance of detecting frailty early and review its impact on future healthcare outcomes.
  • Evaluate treatment and interventions for frailty.
Additional information
Bibliography: 
  • Huisingh-Scheetz, M., Martinchek, M., Becker, Y., Ferguson, M. K., & Thompson, K. (2019). Translating frailty research into clinical practice: insights from the successful aging and frailty evaluation clinic. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 20(6), 672-678.
  • Gill, T. M., Vander Wyk, B., Leo-Summers, L., Murphy, T. E., & Becher, R. D. (2022). Population-Based Estimates of 1-Year Mortality After Major Surgery Among Community-Living Older US Adults. JAMA surgery, 157(12), e225155-e225155
  • De Coninck, L., Bekkering, G. E., Bouckaert, L., Declercq, A., Graff, M. J., & Aertgeerts, B. (2017). Home‐and community‐based occupational therapy improves functioning in frail older people: A systematic review. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 65(8), 1863-1869.
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 ABIM MOC II
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.25 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.25 Florida Board of Pharmacy
Course opens: 
10/01/2023
Course expires: 
09/30/2026

Alexander Sasha Rackman, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Geriatric Medicine
Director, Geriatrics and Healthy Aging Thread
Director, Geriatrics and Palliative Care Clerkship
Florida Atlantic University
Board-certified Internist
Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Boca Raton, Florida
        
Alexander Sasha Rackman, M.D., faculty for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationship with ineligible companies* to disclose and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose.  

*Ineligible companies ― Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
              
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.25 Medical Knowledge MOC point in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Your participation information will be shared with specialty boards through the ACCME's PARS reporting system. Successful completion of a course examination is required. Submissions are recorded in approximately 48 hours. You will receive an email when your credits have been processed.

Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “CME in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program.

Available Credit

  • 1.25 ABIM MOC II
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.25 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.25 Florida Board of Pharmacy
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Your participation information will be shared with specialty boards through the ACCME's PARS reporting system. Successful completion of a course examination is required. Submissions are recorded in approximately 48 hours. You will receive an email when your credits have been processed.

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