Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Education System
and
New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center
present
THE OLDER DRIVER:
Functional Assessment
Online Learning Module
in cooperation with
Adler Geriatric Assessment Center, Yale-New Haven Hospital;
Hanshaw Geriatric Center, Marshall University, Huntington, W. Virginia;
Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center
Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center, Cleveland OH;
Division of Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL;
Birmingham Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center
San Antonio Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center
Adapted from a satellite conference produced by the Department of Veterans Affairs Employee
Education Service and Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care, and the Consortia of Geriatric
Education Centers.
Purpose:
The purpose of this self-learning module is to provide the participant with
the knowledge and skills to perform a functional assessment of driving
related skills. This activity is a self-learning module that requires the
following items in order to receive continuing education credit from
ACCME: viewing of the video, review of the ADReS assessment tools,
taking a 10-item post-test, and completing a program/faculty
evaluation.
Outcome Objectives:
At the conclusion of this learning module participants should be able to:
1. List the 7 elements that comprise the ADReS tool to conduct a functional
assessment of the older driver; and
2. Apply the ADReS components to evaluate the risk of driving in a case
presentation of an older driver.
For more information about the products and services provided by the Employee Education
System (EES), visit our website at http://vaww.ees.lrn.va.gov/.
Target Audience:
The intended target audience for CME is primary care providers –
physicians, advance practice nurses, and dentists - but other health care
providers who care for the older patient will also find the information
useful.
Accreditation/
Approval:
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
The VA Employee Education System is accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical
education for physicians.
Continuing Education Credit:
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
The VA Employee Education System designates this educational activity
for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians
should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.
Continuing education credit will not be offered by EES for completing
the learning after August 4, 2009.
In order to receive CME, send the Registration and Evaluation form to:
Rosemary.Tolwinski@va.gov; or Fax 781-687-3520 , or
Rosemary
Tolwinski, Bedford VA Hospital, 200 Springs Road (151), Bedford, MA
01730
Report of Training:
It is the program participant's responsibility to ensure that this training is
documented in the appropriate location according to his/her locally
prescribed process.
For more information about the products and services provided by the Employee Education
System (EES), visit our website at http://vaww.ees.lrn.va.gov/.
Faculty and Planning Committee
Christopher M. Boyd, PhD*
Education Service Representative – VISN 1
Northport Employee Education Resource
Center
Bedford, MA
Angela R. Curtis, PhD*
Geriatric Education Manager
Division of Gerontology & Geriatric
Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Harriet Evanosky*
Program Support Assistant
Northport Employee Education Resource
Center
Northport, NY
Mary Beth Harrington, NP, RN*
Nurse Practitioner
New England GRECC
VA Boston HS
Boston, MA
Carole McWilliams, NP, RN*
Nurse Practitioner
New England GRECC
Bedford VA Hospital
Bedford, MA
Peter Morin, MD, PhD*
Associate Director, Clinical Affairs
New England Geriatric Research Education
and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Bedford VA Hospital
Bedford, MA
Shirley Neitch, MD, FACP +
Professor of Medicine and Chief, Geriatrics;
Director, Hanshaw Geriatric Center
Marshall University/Joan C. Edwards School
of Medicine
Huntington, WV
Kathleen Ondus, MSN, GCNS, BC*
Associate Director
Western Reserve GEC
Cleveland, OH
Kathy Horvath, PhD, RN*
Associate Dir. Education/Evaluation
New England GRECC
Education Core Co-Leader, BU ADC
Bedford VA Hospital
Bedford, MA
Michele Saunders, DMD, MS, MPH*
Associate Director GRECC South Texas
Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS)
Professor and Director, South, West &
Panhandle Consortium GEC
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX
Richard Marottoli, MD, MPH* +
Staff Physician
West Haven VA Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
Director, Adler Geriatric Assessment Center
Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
Lesa Woodby, Ph.D, MPH*
GRECC Associate Director for
Education/Evaluation
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Gerontology and Geriatric
Medicine
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL
Planning Committee Member ACCME
* DENOTES PLANNING COMMITTEE
+ DENOTES FACULTY
For more information about the products and services provided by the Employee Education
System (EES), visit our website at http://vaww.ees.lrn.va.gov/.
Deadline Date:
Continuing education credit will not be offered by EES for completion of
the on-line learning module after 08/4/2009.
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended
The Employee Education System (EES) wishes to ensure no individual
with a disability is excluded, denied services, segregated or otherwise
treated differently from other individuals participating in EES’s
educational activities, because of the absence of auxiliary aids and
services. If you require any special arrangements to view the video or
complete the forms, please contact your facility Employee Education
Office.
Disclosure(s)
The VA Employee Education System (EES) must insure balance, independence,
objectivity, and scientific rigor in all it’s individually sponsored or jointly EES sponsored
educational activities. All prospective faculty & planning committee members
participating in an EES activity must disclose any relevant financial interest or other
relationship with: (a) the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) and/or
provider(s) of commercial services discussed in an educational presentation, and (b) any
commercial supporters of the activity. Relevant financial interest or other relationship
includes but is not limited to such things as personal receipt of grants or research support,
employee or consultant status, stock holder, member of speaker’s bureau, within the prior
12 months. EES is responsible for collecting such information from prospective planners
and faculty, evaluating the disclosed information to determine if a conflict of interest is
present and, if a conflict of interest is present, to resolve such conflict. Information
regarding such disclosures and the resolution of the conflicts for planners and faculty
shall be provided to activity participants. When an unlabeled use of a commercial
product or an investigational use not yet approved by the FDA for any purpose is
discussed during an educational activity, EES shall require the speaker to disclose that the
product is not labeled for the use under discussion or that the product is still
investigational.
Each faculty and planning committee member (author, facilitator, moderator)
reported having no relevant * financial relationships with any commercial interest.
This activity includes no discussion of uses of FDA regulated drugs or medical
devices which are experimental or off-label.
*The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any
amount occurring within the past 12 months that creates a conflict of interest.
For more information about the products and services provided by the Employee Education
System (EES), visit our website at http://vaww.ees.lrn.va.gov/.