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AAGP 2026 Geriatric Psychiatry Board Review Course

Session 10: Ethical and Legal Issues in Geriatric Psychiatry

Lewis Krain, MD
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This comprehensive, high-yield educational activity is designed to enhance clinical competence in geriatric psychiatry and support clinicians preparing for the geriatric psychiatry board examination. Led by expert, board-certified faculty with extensive experience in clinical practice and education, the course delivers a structured review of core diagnostic and therapeutic topics relevant to the evaluation and management of psychiatric disorders in older adults. Through evidence-based content and interactive board-style self-assessment questions, participants will reinforce key concepts, identify learning needs, and integrate best practices into patient care

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Formulate ethical questions using the standard principles of medical ethics.

  • Examine issues of proxy decision-making using common legal concepts of guardianship, durable power of attorney, and living wills.

  • Evaluate medical capacity for decision-making in order to provide better care to patients who may have impaired cognition.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to provide baseline education in the fundamental aspects of medical ethics, and increase participant understanding of proxy decision-making, guardianship, elder abuse, and capacity assessment.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Nurse
  • Physician
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Lewis Krain, MD
Dr. Krain, MD, serves as the Assistant Program Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Residency. He is a clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UAMS and is a staff psychiatrist at CAVHS. Additionally, he serves as an Associate Residency Director for the UAMS General Psychiatry Program. Dr. Krain is boarded in General Psychiatry.

Dr. Krain completed a residency in General Psychiatry at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and completed a two-year fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Financially Sponsored By

  • American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP)