This institute is designed to provide participants with the basic skills required to develop, or be a member of, a successful interdisciplinary geriatric health care team. Describe the different types of conflict that are likely to arise in the different stages of team development. Utilize skills to effectively understand and deal with conflict in group settings. More successfully participate as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
Problem solve in an interdisciplinary team setting.
Discuss the benefits of an interdisciplinary assessment when dealing with geriatric patients. In PBL, the problems encountered are those of actual patient cases. They will then progress to a greater understanding of the problem or case through a process that involves the formation and support of hypotheses. These problems serve as a stimulus for acquiring the knowledge needed to understand the mechanisms underlying health and disease. Dr. Theresa Drinka, Keynote Speaker, is President of River's Edge Consulting in Waupaca, Wisconsin.