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Mashup Score: 4What does the Deputy Honorary Secretary actually do? The 5 Ps | British Geriatrics Society - 11 month(s) ago
For the last 18 months I have been the Deputy Honorary Secretary of the British Geriatrics Society, supporting Professor Anne Hendry in her Honorary Secretary role. The title is a bit of a mouthful and I am regularly asked ‘what is that thing that you do for BGS?’
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Mashup Score: 22023 Improving Continence in Older People | British Geriatrics Society - 11 month(s) ago
We understand that you may not be able to tune-in to a live-streamed event or webinar as a result of clinical pressures. Therefore, if you view an archived version of a Federation-approved live-streamed event or live webinar within four weeks of it being broadcast you can still claim it as an approved external CPD course. BGS won’t send certificates if you watch post event The live CPD codes…
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Register today for our 2023 Improving Continence in Older People Meeting 15 Sept. Up to date key learnings and practical tips from leading experts in the field, relevant to anyone following the #GeriatricMedicine curriculum https://t.co/ZlXAVwF8rV Early bird discount 10% #BGSconf
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Mashup Score: 2The interplay of psychological safety and empathy in geriatric care | British Geriatrics Society - 11 month(s) ago
As practising geriatricians, we firmly believe that the principles of psychological safety and empathy are indispensable to the proficient delivery of healthcare services.
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Research suggests psychological safety at work leads to enhanced patient outcomes, improved team performance, and a decrease in avoidable errors, writes Dr Mathias Schlögl. New blog here: https://t.co/FxjZApDDVQ
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Mashup Score: 02023 Trainees Meeting | British Geriatrics Society - 11 month(s) ago
This annual 2 day meeting is organised for those in geriatric medicine training roles, or in complementary specialities working extensively with older people. The meeting aims to identify and address key training and learning points within the speciality.We plan to deliver this meeting as a hybrid event – possible to attend and network in person, or to attend virtually on the day. As well as…
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Calling all in #GeriatricMedicine training roles / complimentary specialties working with older people. BGS 2023 Trainees Meeting, 6-7 July, Manchester and online inc. plenaries, SCE exam prep, QI, curriculum update, careers workshop. Register today https://t.co/FvXuiakOLa
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Mashup Score: 0The case for more geriatricians: Strengthening the workforce to care for an ageing population | British Geriatrics Society - 11 month(s) ago
This report examines the geriatrician workforce needed to provide high-quality care for an ageing population with increasingly complex needs.
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"1,218 more geriatricians currently required nationally to ‘level up’ to national benchmark in order to meet the current demand for specialist services for older people. Projected numbers required by 2030 are 1,846" Read our new report #MoreGeriatricians https://t.co/0qoxhp1zRD
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Mashup Score: 13More geriatricians needed to meet the needs of the UK’s ageing population | British Geriatrics Society - 11 month(s) ago
The BGS today launches a new report, ‘The case for more geriatricians: Strengthening the workforce to care for an ageing population’. Geriatricians are specialists in healthcare for older people. While many professions are involved in the care of older people, geriatricians provide leadership of geriatric medicine services, particularly focusing on those patients with frailty and complex…
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🚨JUST PUBLISHED!🚨 'The case for more #geriatricians.' "Report indicates 282 geriatricians for approximately every million people over the age of 65 years old in London yet 96 for a similar population in the East Midlands." Share via #MoreGeriatricians https://t.co/3HAIxZpTxw
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Mashup Score: 20Dementia Action Week 2023- The importance of post-diagnostic support | British Geriatrics Society - 11 month(s) ago
The focus for Dementia Action Week 2023 is diagnosis. Relevant to this is an excellent new report from the Alzheimer’s Society: ‘Improving access to a timely and accurate diagnosis of dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland’.
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"Post-diagnostic provision tends to be delivered through organisations such as @alzheimerssoc @age_uk. The relevant organisation can be very helpful in explaining what is offered locally, #DementiaCafes or other groups" #DAW2023 #DementiaActionWeek2023 https://t.co/cpbGYodBma
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"As healthcare professionals working with people with #dementia, we have a role in knowing about locally available support services and connecting our patients to them." #DementiaActionweek #DAW2023 #DementiaActionWeek2023 @alzheimerssoc @DementiaUK https://t.co/cpbGYodBma
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"I've seen the good, the bad & ugly of post-diagnostic support for #dementia. What I’ve learned has been helpful both for my family but also in my job as a #geriatrician" #BGSconf followers! Essential #DementiaActionWeek2023 reading via @emmavardy2. https://t.co/cpbGYodBma
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Mashup Score: 5Marjory Warren | British Geriatrics Society - 11 month(s) ago
In two seminal papers, in the British Medical Journal (25 Dec 1943, 822–3) and the Lancet (8 June 1946, 841–3), Warren advocated the creation of a medical speciality of geriatrics, the provision of special geriatric units in general hospitals, and the teaching of medical students in the care of elderly people by senior doctors with specialist interest and experience in geriatrics. Her work…
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Ever wonder why our head office is called 'Marjory Warren House'? She was a co-founder of the BGS and her work is credited with the formalisation of #geriatrics as a medical specialty within the NHS. Find out more about her legacy here https://t.co/CWWVNDPo2w #BGSconf https://t.co/9dmvp1BUoN
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Mashup Score: 0DIAMOND-Lewy; DIAMOND-Lewy; Newcastle University - 11 month(s) ago
Newcastle University, Institute of Neuroscience, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, United Kingdom. Telephone: (0191) 208 1310 © 2017 Newcastle University
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#Lewybody #dementia is a multi-system disease that includes #Depression #Psychosis and physical symptoms similar to #Parkinsonsdisease. Don't miss the signs, access @NIHRcommunity funded DIAMOND-Lewy via @UniofNewcastle here https://t.co/ZR5OFNyyPD #BGSconf https://t.co/6I05bAAVPc
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Mashup Score: 081 Can Simulation-Based Training be Used to Teach Geriatric Medicine? - 11 month(s) ago
AbstractIntroduction. Health Education England (HEE) and the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Boards recognise the importance of simulation-based tra
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Jo Jennings discusses 'Simulation' and explains that it is a technique, not a technology. Read the related @Age_and_Ageing paper 'Can Simulation-Based Training be Used to Teach #GeriatricMedicine?' here https://t.co/AA3OyVvIxA #BGSconf https://t.co/VDWBgqti0M
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Did you see this blog from @Ruth_E_Law about the Dep Hon Secretary role? If you are interested in influencing UK policy on older people's healthcare and contributing to @gerisoc strategy, please consider applying. Deadline 26 June. https://t.co/HeF3b5jXC7