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January 2017 Newsletter


Newsletter: January 2017
Update From 2016 Reynolds Foundation Grantee Annual Meeting POGOe lives on! Following the October Reynolds meeting we received a number of questions regarding POGOe and web-GEMs. So we want to make clear the future of both. POGOe site Starting in mid-2017, the POGOe website will be hosted and maintained by the AGS and materials will be available for free for the foreseeable future. Changes on POGOe are currently in the works to improve navigation and enhance the user experience, but you will still be able to enjoy access to the POGOe educational material that you know and love. For more information please reach out to Elvy Ickowicz. Web-GEMs Web- GEMs geriatrics teaching modules will continue to be hosted and available for access through POGOe until July, 2017. Starting in July 2017, the web-GEMS modules will be moved to Med-U. If your institution created web-GEMs assignments before September 2016, you will be “grandfathered” into web-GEMs on Med-U and will have free access to web-GEMs through June, 2018. If your institution was not grandfathered in, Med-U will begin to charge a fee to use web-GEMs commencing in July 2017. More information on that pricing will be available soon. In the meanwhile, if you have any questions about this transition please reach out to Elvy Ickowicz. Plenary slides, meeting agenda, virtual goodybag from the 2016 Reynolds Meeting can be accessed here.
New Material Spotlight Elder Care A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Motivational Interviewing with Older Adults University of Arizona Building Caregiver Partnerships Through Interprofessional Education Northeast Ohio Medical University Goals of Care/Medication Management Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX) Yale University Mini-Cog Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX) Yale University Mobility Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX) Yale University	CME Opportunities Geriatric Oncology: Educating Nurses to Improve Quality Care July 17-19, 2017 Pasadena, CA The American Geriatrics Society Courses + Conferences Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine 2016 INTENSIVE UPDATE WITH BOARD REVIEW IN GERIATRIC AND PALLIATIVE MEDICINE Annual CME Course September 12- 15, 2017 New York, NY Any questions, please contact course administration The American Geriatrics Society Courses + Conferences
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month Glaucoma impacts the lives of over 3 million Americans and is a major issue for the aging population. Known as "the sneak thief of sight" because there are no symptoms, can lead to permanent vision loss. Please raise the importance of regular eye examinations with your patients. For more information on the leading cause of preventable blindness, please click here. Take a look at these educational materials on Glaucoma on POGOe: Aging from the Outside In Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Environmental Geriatrics Weill Cornell Medical College Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Aids for Patients with Low Vision University of Arizona College of Medicine Aging Q3 Curriculum on Vision and Aging in Older Adult Patients Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	FD~AGE Mini-Fellowships Mini-Fellowships in Geriatrics, Medical Education, and Quality Improvement These 3-day sessions give your faculty a unique opportunity to learn from expert Geriatrics faculty about best practices in geriatrics, medical education and quality improvement. Proven CME faculty development program is customized for each campus and intended to ‘Geriatricize’ non-Geriatrician faculty. Mount Sinai’s Geriatrics experts help develop a cadre of attending faculty to become more effective educators who can teach geriatric care, assess trainee competence, and engage together in QI to improve patient safety. For more information and prices contact the representatives below. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Contact: Karen Sauvigné Annual Meetings American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Annual Assembly February 22- 25, 2017 Phoenix, AZ Association for Gerontology in Higher Education’s 43rd Annual Meeting and Educational Leadership Conference March 9-12, 2017 Miami, FL American Society on Aging Annual Conference March 20-24, 2017 Chicago, IL American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry March 24- 27, 2017 Dallas, TX 37th Annual Scientific Meeting of he Canadian Geriatrics Society April 20- 22, 2017 Toronto, CA AGS 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting May 18-20, 2017 San Antonio, TX Geriatric Oncology: Educating Nurses to Improve Quality Care July 17-19, 2017 Pasadena, CA 21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics July 23-27, 2017 San Francisco, CA If you know of a national or international meeting in geriatrics or gerontology that isn't listed here, let us know at [email protected]
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