Uncategorized – Canadian Geriatrics Society Choosing Wisely Canada Recommendations

My Final Assignment

It was a pleasure working on this final assignment to help create an online module for family medicine residents to become better clinicians when caring for older adults. Below you will find the link to my website which includes the quizzes and modules for Choosing Wisely Canada. Enjoy! https://starsgeriatrics.wordpress.com

Final Elevator Pitch

After getting lots of great feedback from my peers and instructors, I present to you my Final Elevator Pitch. It is titled Teaching the Choosing Wisely Canada Geriatrics Recommendations. It was fascinating learning about PowToon and how to integrate the audio and visuals together. I learned a lot of important lessons that I hope toContinue reading “Final Elevator Pitch”

Revised Educational Dilemma

After receiving feedback from my peers, I have added some finer details to my educational dilemma. Some of the suggestions included providing more evidence to back up my statement that this tool was necessary for family medicine residents. I refined the exact module that I hope to utilize to convey the message. There was some confusion regarding whenContinue reading “Revised Educational Dilemma”

My Elevator Pitch

The Problem: Did you know that up to 30 per cent of medical care is unnecessary in Canada? Medical overuse costs the health care system millions of dollars and our patients unnecessary interventions resulting in adverse events. This disproportionately impacts elderly patients. The Solution: Choosing Wisely Canada is the national voice in reducing unnecessary tests,Continue reading “My Elevator Pitch”

The Geriatric Population

Older patients are unique in many ways. There is a wide spectrum of patients who can be high functioning or quite frail. How does the patient’s functional impairment impact your decision making for ordering tests, treatments, and procedures? If there is cognitive impairment and the history is therefore not as robust, a provider may orderContinue reading “The Geriatric Population”

The next question to ask are what are the possible solutions to how to better Choose more Wisely with your geriatric patients?

Do we need educational tools for patients or for residents? Or should the message be geared towards staff doctors? Are there any special tools we can use to help with communicating Choosing Wisely? Ultimately, the answer is likely multifactorial. Getting around these barriers listed above CAN be accomplished!

What are some of the barriers to Choosing Wisely with your geriatric patients?

Family medicine residents have many competing pressures, whether it be from their supervisors or their patients. The first step to Choosing Wisely comes from understanding what is preventing you from Choosing Wisely in the first place.