Oral presentations are reserved for presentations by undergraduate students and medical students, and postgraduate trainees and MSc/PhD candidates. Oral presentations will consist of a 9-minute presentation, followed by a 3-minute question & answer period.
Presenter: Jacqueline McMillan. University of Calgary, Department of Geriatrics, Calgary, AB, Canada.
R2 - TIME REQUIREMENTS OF CHRONIC DISEASE GUIDELINES IN PRIMARY CARE
Presenter: Jason Kerr. St. Michael's Hospital, Geriatric Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada.
R3- DEVELOPMENT OF A STANDARDIZED TOOL FOR EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FRAMEWORK AND PROCESSES OF CARE IN GEMU.
Presenter: Émilie Breton. Université Laval, Département de Médecine Interne, QC, Canada.
R4 - REASONS AND OUTCOMES FOR LONG TERM CARE TRANSFERS TO HOSPITAL: A RETROSPECTIVE CHART REVIEW
Presenter: Amanda Gardhouse. McMaster University, Internal Medicine Resident, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Presenter: Javier Torres. General Internal Medicine, Western Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
FELLOWS / SUB SPECIALTY RESIDENT (Salon I-II-III)
F1 - CARE OF THE ELDERLY TRAINING IN A FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM: AN EVALUATION BASED ON RESIDENTS’ PERCEIVED NEEDS.
Presenter: Susan Mercer. Division of Care of the Elderly, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
F2 - COMPARISON OF THE TEST YOUR MEMORY SELF ADMINISTERED COGNITIVE SCREENING TEST TO THE MINI MENTAL STATE EXAM IN A PRIMARY CARE SETTING
Presenter: Karenn Chan. University of Alberta, Care of the Elderly, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
F3 - ACCELEROMETER-BASED MEASURES OF SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR AND CARDIO-METABOLIC RISK FACTORS IN ACTIVE COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS.
Presenter: Jocelyn Chase. University of British Columbia, Canada Division of Geriatric Medicine, VITALiTY (Vancouver Initiative to Add Life to Years) Research Center, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
F4 - ANTIPSYCHOTICS FOR THE PREVENTION OF POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM: A META-ANALYSIS
Presenter: Mark Fok. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
F5 - THE COGNITIVE PROFILE OF PIB POSITIVE (PIB +) AND PIB NEGATIVE (PIB -) SUBJECTS WITH MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
Presenter: Elise Levinoff. McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Presenter: Shirley Chien-Chieh Huang. University of British Columbia, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
GRADUATE STUDENTS (Salon IV-V)
G1 - ADAPTING OSTEOPOROSIS GUIDELINES FOR FRAIL ELDERLY USING GRADE
Presenter: Nancy Santesso. Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
G2 - UPTAKE OF EVIDENCE-BASED OSTEOPOROSIS PRACTICES IN LONG-TERM CARE (LTC)
Presenter: Courtney Kennedy. Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
G3 - AN EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION STUDY TO REDUCE THE USE OF POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATIONS AMONG OLDER ADULTS (EMPOWER STUDY): PRELIMINARY EFFECTS ON PARTICIPANTS’ KNOWLEDGE, BELIEFS AND RISK PERCEPTIONS ABOUT BENZODIAZEPINE USE
Presenter: Philippe Martin. Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
G4 - IS THERE A MOTOR SIGNATURE IN MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT? RESULTS FROM THE GAIT AND BRAIN STUDY
Presenter: Ivan Anton-Rodrigo. Gait & Brain Lab, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Parkwood Hospital, London, ON, Canada.
G5 - MEASURING FRAILTY IN EUROPE: EIGHT SCALES DIFFER WIDELY IN IDENTIFYING THE FRAIL ELDERLY
Presenter: Olga Theou. Dalhousie University, Geriatric Medicine, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Presenter: Naomi Dore. Department of Medicine, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS (York AB)
UG1 - A PILOT STUDY COMPARING THE SCREEN FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE COGNITIVE IMPAIRED MEDICALLY AT RISK DRIVER (SIMARD) TO CLINICAL IMPRESSION OF PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA OR MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
Presenter: Madelaine Wernham. Dalhousie Medicine NB, Saint John, NB, Canada.
UG2 - MODIFIABLE BEHAVIOURS IN ELDERLY CANCER SURVIVORS: A SURVEY OF SMOKING, ALCOHOL USE, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Presenter: Chongya Niu. Princess Margaret Hospital, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Toronto, ON, Canada.
UG3 - REDUCING URINARY CATHETER UTILIZATION IN OLDER ADULT INPATIENTS USING A MULTI-MODAL EDUCATION INTERVENTION
Presenter: Richard Norman. Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
UG4 - PERFORMANCE-BASED MEASURES OF PHYSICAL FUNCTION AND COGNITION DIFFER BY MIGRATION STATUS AMONG MIDDLE-AGED AND OLDER EUROPEANS
Presenter: Thomas Brothers. Dalhousie University, Geriatric Medicine Research, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Presenter: Lindsay Wallace. Dalhousie University, Department of Medicine, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Session 1 - 10:00 am to 10:30 am
- Jack MacDonell Prize: for the best scientific presentation by a subspecialty resident (Geriatric Medicine PGY4, PGY5 or Family Medicine Care Of the Elderly PGY3) at the CGS Annual Scientific Meeting. (This category will not be open to graduate students.)
- Willard and Phoebe Thompson Award: for the best scientific presentation by a medical student, health professional student, or undergraduate degree student at the CGS Annual Scientific Meeting.
- Réjean Hébert Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Institute on Aging Prize: for the best scientific presentation by a post-graduate medical trainee (General Internal Medicine PGY1, PGY2, PGY3 or Family Medicine PGY1, PGY2) at the CGS Annual Scientific Meeting.
- Edmund V. Cowdry Award: for the best scientific presentation by a Masters, PhD or post-doctoral student.
- CGS Poster Awards (3) – for any trainee or student
Poster set up: Friday, April 19, 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm OR Saturday, April 20, 6:30 am to 7:00 am.
