Marilyn Gugliucci serves as speaker and presenter at Annual Maine Academy of Family Physicians Conference

Marilyn Gugliucci, Ph.D., professor and director of Geriatrics Education and Research in COM, was an invited plenary speaker and breakout session presenter for the 22nd Annual Maine Academy of Family Physicians Conference on April 10, 2014.

Gugliucci’s plenary lecture was focused on “Aging and Reflective Practice by Family Physicians,” and the breakout session was focused on “Communicating with Older Adults” using her Learning by Living Nursing Home research project as the foundation for key points.

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