ATSU to hold fifth annual Lecture on Aging
Posted: March 23, 2009KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (Mar. 23, 2009) – The A.T. Still University (ATSU) Committee on Aging will host its fifth annual Lecture on Aging on April 3 to enhance healthcare providers’ understanding of the challenges and opportunities in treating and caring for older patients, especially in the area of falls prevention.
Keynote speaker Dorothy Baker, Ph.D., R.N., will present “From the Halls of Ivy to the Kitchen Table: Moving Evidence-Based Fall Prevention into Practice.” Dr. Baker is a research scientist and scholar at Yale University School of Medicine. She is also director of the Connecticut Collaboration for Fall Prevention and Hospital Elder Life Program projects.
The lecture will be broadcast on Friday, April 3 on ATSU’s Missouri Campus at 2 p.m. in the McCreight & Couts classrooms located at 800 W. Jefferson St. in Kirksville, Mo. Dr. Baker is presenting live from ATSU’s Arizona Campus at noon in the Saguaro A & B classrooms located at 5850 E. Still Circle in Mesa, Ariz.
The public is invited to attend, and the Committee on Aging encourages healthcare practitioners in any field to take advantage of this free event.
For more information, contact Kelli Partin, Committee on Aging administrative coordinator, at 660.626.2671 or kpartin@atsu.edu, or visit www.atsu.edu/events.