The Definitive Board-Review Library in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
The Geriatric Palliative Board Review from Oakstone is a 111-session video library built for clinicians preparing for certification in geriatric medicine or hospice and palliative medicine. The curriculum covers the full arc of serious illness — from diagnosing dementia and managing chronic pain to navigating family meetings, discontinuing life-sustaining treatments, and supporting bereaved families — all taught by specialists drawn from leading academic medical centers.
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111video lectures
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42 GBlibrary
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2022edition
Inside this resource
Cognitive impairment, dementia, and neuropsychiatric care
Georges Naasan goes beyond Alzheimer’s dementia, Mary Sano provides an update on diagnosing and managing cognitive impairment, and Veronica Rivera covers office-based screening tools beyond the MMSE. Behavioral symptoms of dementia receive dedicated attention through Melinda Lantz’s session on management, while Gary Kennedy addresses late-life depression and refractory end-of-life depression.
Pain management, symptom control, and palliative pharmacology
Multiple pain-management sessions run from Ciera Sears’s introduction through Caitlyn Kuwata’s buprenorphine lecture, Mollie Biewald and Eugene Choi’s advanced PCA and methadone discussion, and Stelian Serban’s interventional approach. Non-pain symptom management by Kinga Kisko addresses xerostomia, hiccups, bowel obstruction, pruritus, and fatigue. Sharon See and Shahla Baharlou handle medication management across the illness trajectory.
Organ-specific geriatric medicine
The library covers heart failure (Johanna Paola Contreras), cardiovascular disease in two parts (Mary Ann McLaughlin), atrial fibrillation (S. Andrew McCullough), COPD and asthma (Patrick Chae), stroke (Sara Rostanski), renal palliative care (Emily Lu), hepatology (James Crismale and Christopher Woodrell), thyroid disease (Maria Skamagas), and hematologic malignancies (Adriana Malone). Peripheral vascular disease (Daniel Han) and anemia (Ryan Holstead) round out the organ-system review.
Ethics, care systems, and the business of geriatrics
Diane Meier’s “All You Need is Love” explores human connection as the basis for health. Rosanne Leipzig’s “Don’t Kill Granny” frames the imperative of better care for older adults. Sessions on advance care planning (Harriet Mather), family meetings (Carl Rousseau), medical decision making (Hannah Lipman), healthcare payment (Allison Silvers), and billing and documentation (Emily Chai and Audrey Chun) address the practical and systemic dimensions of practice. Palliative care in ALS (Elizabeth Lindenberger), LGBTQ care (Noelle Javier and colleagues), and cultural considerations (Helen Fernandez) extend the curriculum into underserved areas.
Geriatric syndromes and perioperative care
Falls (Helen Fernandez), frailty (Fred Ko), pressure ulcers (Harvey Himel), wound care, urinary incontinence (Eileen Callahan and Christine Chang), constipation (Brijen Shah), oral care (Miriam Robbins), and musculoskeletal medicine (Deborah Pacik, Leslie Kerr) address the syndromes that drive morbidity in older adults. Perioperative risk assessment (Newsha Ghodsi), surgical emergencies (Linda Zhang), and hazards of hospitalization (Martine Sanon) cover acute-care scenarios.
Who this serves
- Physicians preparing for geriatric medicine boards — comprehensive review aligned with the ABIM geriatric medicine blueprint
- Clinicians pursuing hospice and palliative medicine certification — full-spectrum coverage of end-of-life care, symptom management, and advance planning
- Nurse practitioners and physician assistants in geriatrics — practical knowledge for interdisciplinary team-based care of seriously ill older adults
Faculty & syllabus
Faculty 111 sessions
- R. Sean Morrison — Geriatrics, Palliative Care, and the Future of Healthcare
- Scott M. Klein — Pediatric Palliative Care
- Martine Sanon, Sharon See — COVID-19 in Older Adults: Overview, Management and Lessons Learned
- Georges Naasan — Beyond Alzheimer’s Dementia
- Jeffrey Farber — Incorporating Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Principles into Value-Based Programs
- David A. Chmielewski — Hospice: There’s Always Something We Can Do
- Raymond Y. Teets — Integrative Medicine
- Mary Sano — Update on Diagnosis, Treatment and Management of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
- Ravishankar Ramaswamy — Falls Evaluation in Older Adults, Geriatrics 5Ms
- Stephanie Le — Geriatrics and Palliative Care in the Nursing Home
- Cynthia X. Pan, Robert Crupi — Nutrition/Hydration in Serious Illness
- Bryan C. Markinson — Foot Diseases & Disorders
- Judith Neugroschl — Capacity Assessment
- Terry Altilio, Ayla Pelleg — Approach to Decision Making for Patients Who Lack Capacity
- Maya K. Rao — Geriatric Nephrology & Renal Palliative Care
- Kelly Cummings — Perioperative Management
- JD Elder, Deborah Matza — Integrative Therapies for Patient and Self Care
- Emily Chai, Audrey K. Chun — Inpatient & Outpatient Billing & Documentation
- Linda P. Zhang — Surgical Emergencies
- Cardinale B. Smith — Chemotherapy Related Toxicity and Oncologic Complications, Palliative Care Emergencies
- Christie Mulholland — Clinician Well-being in Palliative Care and Geriatrics
- Caitlyn Kuwata — Buprenorphine for Pain
- Rollin K. Say — Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) & Prostate Cancer
- Ryan Holstead — Anemia
- Jane Knowles, Ankita Mehta — Grief, Bereavement & Psychosocial Issues in COVID Times
- Mollie Biewald, Eugene Choi — Advanced Pain Management: PCA & Methadone Use
- Carl Philippe Rousseau — Family Meetings
- Sara K. Rostanski — Stroke
- Caroline Cromwell — Review Indications for Anticoagulation
- Diane E. Meier — All You Need is Love: Human Connection as the Basis for Health
- Richard Frieden — Geriatrics and Rehabilitation Medicine: Common Interests, Common Goals
- Ciera Sears — Introduction to Pain Management
- Allison Silvers — Health Care Payment in the United States
- Olusegun Apoeso — Symptoms Management in Older Adults
- Kinga Kisko — Non-pain Symptom Management in Palliative Care
- Deborah Pacik — Musculoskeletal Medicine
- Helen M. Fernandez — Cultural Considerations in Palliative Care, Falls: Why Do They Matter
- Angela Condo — Geriatric Care of Older Adults with HIV
- Ula Y. Hwang, Martine Sanon — Geriatric Emergencies
- Veronica Rivera — Office-Based Dementia Screening: Beyond the MMSE
- Johanna Paola Contreras — Management of Heart Failure
- Elizabeth Lindenberger — Palliative Care in ALS
- Vaishnavi Kundel — Sleep Disorders
- Noelle Marie Javier, Gregory A. Hinrichsen, Anup Bharani — Geriatric and Palliative Care Approach for the LGBTQ Community
- Priya Krishnasamy — Anxiety in Palliative Care Populations
- Daniel Han — Diagnosis and Evaluation of Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Julia Frydman, Veronica Rivera — The Era of Telemedicine for the Ambulatory Setting
- Martine Sanon — Hazards of Hospitalization
- Miriam R. Robbins — Oral Care: A Forgotten Need of Older Adults
- Newsha Ghodsi — CAD Management: Cardiac and Perioperative Risk Assessment
- Brijen Shah — Constipation and Fecal Incontinence
- Maria Skamagas — Thyroid Disease
- Eileen H. Callahan, Christine Chang — Urinary Incontinence
- Phil Solomon — Older Drivers, Tough Conversations
- Harvey Himel — Chronic Wound Care: Only Skin Deep
- Parag Sheth — Evaluation and Treatment of Back Pain in the Elderly
- Winston Wey — Prognostication of Chronic Disease, Basic Opioids 101
- Nisha Rughwani — Prevention in Older Adults
- Harriet Mather — Advance Care Planning: Trends and Clinical Practice
- Laura Gelfman, Karen Hiensch — Palliative Care and Heart Failure
- Hannah Lipman — Medical Decision Making
- Sharon See, Shahla Baharlou — Medication Management
- Emilia Liao — Diabetes Overview
- Pamela Saenger — Models of Care at Home: Hospitalization at Home & Palliative Care at Home
- Devin K. Gilhuly — End-of-Life Symptoms
- Omar Amir — Physiological Changes in Aging, Anorexia, Cachexia & Weight Loss
- Claire Davenport — Patient Priorities Care: Achieving What Matters in Age Friendly Health Systems
- Patrick M. Chae — COPD & Asthma
- S. Andrew McCullough — Atrial Fibrillation Management
- Emily Lu — Renal Palliative Care: Defining the Role of Kidney Supportive Care
- Vishal Gupta — Overview of Gynecological Malignancies: Clinical Presentation and Treatment Options
- Helen M. Fernandez — When It Comes to Conversations About Older People…We Need to Talk (Differently)
- Se-Min Kim — Osteoporosis: How to Assess the Risk and Treat
- Maura K. Cosetti — Hearing Loss and Health in Older Adults
- Jennifer Fung — Discontinuing Life Sustaining Treatments: Withdrawal of Non-Beneficial Treatments While Maintaining Care
- Jennifer M. Reckrey, Sonica Bhatia — Home Care
- Caroline Halverstam — Geriatric Dermatology
- Debora Afezolli — Improving Transitions of Care
- Audrey K. Chun, Fiorella Perez — Medicare Annual Wellness Visit
- Fred Ko — Frailty
- Stelian Serban — Interventional Pain Management: Maintaining Our Patients Quality of Life
- Jeffrey Farber, Ruth Spinner — COVID-19 in the Nursing Home
- Gary J. Kennedy — Late Life Depression, Refractory and End-of-Life Depression
- Mary Ann McLaughlin — Cardiovascular Disease (Parts 1 & 2), Hypertension in Older Adults
- Joyce F. Fogel — Delirium: Are You Confused
- Cynthia M. Boyd — De-Prescribing in the Context of Multiple Chronic Conditions
- Winona Tse — Movement Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment
- Rosanne M. Leipzig — Don’t Kill Granny: Becoming a Better Doctor for Older Adults and the Seriously Ill
- Kavita V. Dharmarajan — Palliative Radiation Therapy
- Adriana K. Malone — Hematologic Malignancies in the Elderly: Case Studies
- Vanessa Rodriguez — Use of Adjuvants for Pain Management, Geriatric Assessment Tools
- Stephanie Chow — High Risk Ambulatory Geriatrics: The ALIGN Program
- Leslie D. Kerr — Systemic and Localized Inflammatory Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Elderly
- Michael P. Mullen — Infectious Disease: Pneumonia, UTIs and C-Diff
- Melinda Lantz — Management of Behavioral & Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
- Tara Naib — Managing Aortic Stenosis, Mitral Regurgitation & Antibiotic Prophylaxis
- Rabbi Max Zev Reynolds, Joshua Lasseigne — Addressing Total Pain: The Role of Interdisciplinary Teams
- Joanna Chen, Nathan E. Goldstein — Medical Cannabis: It’s High Time We Review the Evidence
- Felice LePar — Oncology: Breast, Lung & Colon Cancers
- Allen D. Andrade — Digital Technology for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Older Adults
- James Crismale, Christopher Woodrell — Hepatology for Geriatrics and Palliative Care Clinicians
- Benjamin C. Tweel — Feeding & Swallowing Disorders
Before you buy
What is included in the download?
111 video lectures and two companion PDFs totaling 42 GB, covering geriatric medicine and hospice and palliative medicine in full.
Which board exams does this prepare me for?
The content is aligned with the American Board of Internal Medicine blueprint for geriatric medicine and the hospice and palliative medicine subspecialty certification.
The chart
| Format | Video course (111 videos + 2 PDFs) |
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| Size | 42 GB |
| Year | 2022 |
| Publisher | Oakstone |
| Department | Geriatric |
| Delivery | Instant download after checkout · lifetime re-access |
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Dr. Anna K. –
111 videos covering geriatric and palliative medicine — this is the most comprehensive resource I have found. The cognitive impairment sessions by Georges Naasan and Mary Sano were exceptional.
Christine Lee –
The hospice and end-of-life care sessions were exactly what I needed. Real, honest discussions about what we can do for patients at the end of life. Highly recommend for anyone in palliative care.
Brian Mitchell –
Pain management content is outstanding across multiple sessions. The buprenorphine lecture and advanced PCA and methadone discussions gave me practical tools for difficult cases.
Samuel Park –
Excellent content but the 42 GB file size is a real barrier. Took me multiple days to download. Worth it once you have it, but plan your storage accordingly.
Naomi Wells –
The dementia and cognitive impairment sessions are the best I have encountered. Veronica Rivera’s office-based screening tools and Melinda Lantz’s behavioral symptom management were immediately applicable.
J. Fernandez –
Strong palliative medicine content. The capacity assessment and decision-making sessions were particularly useful for navigating complex family dynamics. Some repetition across sessions.
Maria Gonzalez –
The family meetings lecture by Carl Rousseau changed how I structure difficult conversations. The bereavement and psychosocial sessions in COVID times were also very relevant.
Andrew Kim –
The capacity assessment session was excellent and the billing and documentation lecture was surprisingly useful — something most courses skip. Good practical addition to the clinical content.
E. Thompson –
Palliative pharmacology content across pain, symptom management, and medication review sessions is thorough. This library essentially replaced five separate courses I was considering.