For All Clinicians
This e-learning series is designed primarily for clinicians working in emergency departments who want to provide optimal care to their older patients.
All healthcare providers who see older patients as part of their practice – in primary care, in hospital, in long-term care, or in the community will also benefit from this content.
What’s Included
Each of the 8 modules in this series provides in-depth knowledge about issues in geriatric emergency medicine through case-based learning.
The peer-reviewed modules include videos of simulated patient encounters, interactive multi-modal learning, recommended readings, and resources for use in the ED. A certificate of completion can be downloaded for continuing professional development purposes.
Authors & Faculty
Don Melady, MD
Marie-Pier Lanoue, MDCM
Aaron Malsch, RN, MSN
Kevin Biese, MD
Geri-EM Modules
Click on a module below to begin. You must be signed in as a GEDC user in order to complete these courses.
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Atypical Presentations in the Older ED Patient
View: Atypical Presentations in the Older ED PatientA Geri-EM E-Learning Module This module follows one patient on his midnight arrival in the ED. It uses his case to explore the anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology behind his atypical presentation. It introduces lots of material about history, physical exam, and differential diagnosis that will help you the next time you pick up a chart…
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Cognitive Impairment in the Older ED Patient
View: Cognitive Impairment in the Older ED PatientA Geri-EM E-Learning Module Changes in cognition are relatively common in the older population. Over the age of 75, as many as 1 in 4 people have dementia, and 1 in 10 in the ED has delirium. Depression (with its cognitive changes) is more common in those over 75 than in any other age group.…
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Emergency Management of Falls in the Older ED Patient
View: Emergency Management of Falls in the Older ED PatientA Geri-EM E-Learning Module The management of trauma is one of the core competencies of the Emergency Physician. Trauma in the older patient has all of the complexity of trauma management in the younger patient. Penetrating trauma is rare in older patients. But blunt trauma is a major and frequent reason for older patients to…
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End-of-Life and Symptom Management in the Older ED Patient
View: End-of-Life and Symptom Management in the Older ED PatientA Geri-EM E-Learning Module Issues relating to the end of life are often a part of caring for older patients in the ED. While there seems like a gulf between the skills of the palliative physician and the emergency physician, working in the ED frequently requires knowledge of the basics of high-quality palliative care. Palliative…
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Frailty in the Older ED Patient
View: Frailty in the Older ED PatientA Geri-EM E-Learning Module When we meet an “old” patient in the ED, we don’t really ask ourselves how old they are, but how frail they are. When we are thinking about the clinical and physiological changes of aging, we are talking about frailty. Frailty is a relatively new concept in geriatric medicine and one…
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Functional Assessment and Transitions of Care for Older ED Patients
View: Functional Assessment and Transitions of Care for Older ED PatientsA Geri-EM E-Learning Module Older people, with complex medical and surgical problems, move through our EDs every day. Emergency physicians excel at rapid and focused management of their medical problems. However, we sometimes find the other necessary components of the assessment – cognitive, functional, psycho-social – to be challenging, time- and resource-intensive. Yet if we…
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Major Trauma in the Older ED Patient
View: Major Trauma in the Older ED PatientA Geri-EM E-Learning Module The management of trauma is one of the core competencies of the Emergency Physician. Trauma in the older patient has all of the complexity of trauma management in the younger patient – plus some extras! Penetrating trauma is rare in older patients. But blunt trauma is a major and frequent reason…
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Medication Management in the Older ED Patient
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