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2016 Reynolds Meeting Virtual Goody Bag

Each year, the grantees of the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation meet to share the work that they have created. The materials showcased in the annual meeting's Marketplace encompass materials that are complete and ready to use in the classroom as well as those that are still in production. As this is the final Reynolds Meeting, many institutions chose one of their completed products to enter into the Product of the Decade contest.

The following is a list of the entries into the contest at the 2016 Reynolds Meeting (October 24- 26, 2016). To view the product on POGOe, click on the title.


Albert Einstein College of Medicine​

A complete guide with templates and instructional materials for facilitation of a functional assessment and cognitive screening OSCE to medical students.


Brown University

This faculty guide is designed to assist medical schools interested in implementing the Cadaver Treasure Hunt anatomy course program.


Emory University

Multiple topics for self directed learning of residents and fellows.


Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

An interactive session on older patients' perception of younger physicians, as well as a discussion of visual and hearing impairments in older adults.


Florida State University​

Geriatricized behaviorally explicit checklists for the complete medical history, complete physical examination, problem oriented examination, and chronic illness examination are provided. Each includes four principle areas: communication skills; functional assessment and intervention; social setting assessment and intervention; and therapeutic review and management.


Medical College of Wisconsin with Aurora Health

  • Geriatric Fast Facts and Quizzes- by Deborah Simpson, Ph.D., Kathryn Denson, MD, Judith Rehm, Steven Denson, MD, Bambi Wessel, M.S., Edmund Duthie, MD, Gabriel Manzi, MD

A mobile enabled website which contains 1-2 page concise, peer-reviewed evidence-based educational summaries on key geriatrics topics to increase medical knowledge.


Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine

Elderly patients frequently present in the Emergency Department with altered mental status. However, ED physicians fail to recognize delirium 70% of the time, which leads to poor patient outcomes. The case of Mrs. Jane Simon was developed to address this deficiency. Designed for upper level residents and attending faculty, the case assesses recognition of delirium, understanding of its multifactorial etiology, and appropriate nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic management in an elderly woman with hypoactive delirium.


University of Arizona

  • Elder Care: A Resource for Providers Compendium- by Reynolds Faculty

This compendium of engaging single page, practical, evidence-based Elder Care Provider Fact Sheets synthesize key concepts in common geriatric syndromes and common diseases in older adults. Replete with screening and assessment tools and treatment gems, these sheets reinforce sound geriatric practice in an approachable format. Elder Care Provider Fact Sheets are written by experts from around the country, reviewed by a team of interprofessional clinicians, and edited by an informationist, an internist and a family physician, all of whom are board certified in geriatrics.

Elder Abuse: Clinical Reporting

Disease Screening in Older Adults: When to Stop

Medical Decision-Making Capacity

Fitness to Fly: Older Adults and Air Travel


University of California, San Francisco **PRODUCT OF THE DECADE!**​

ePrognosis is a web-based tool designed as a repository of validated geriatric prognostic indices for application in clinical and educational settings. The prognostic indices used in ePrognosis are derived from a systematic review of the literature. (http://eprognosis.ucsf.edu/ )


University of Cincinnati

Three-year curriculum with increasing autonomy for family medicine residents based out of new Home-Based Primary Care practice within the Family.


University of Hawaii

This Standardized Interdisciplinary Team Meeting scenario was developed as part of a multi-station, standardized patient assessment. The student’s performance is measured by checklists filled out by the standardized.


University of Kansas

Transitions of care assessment involving learners and faculty from Medicine and Health Professions. Patient is both transitioning from the hospital to home and from curative to palliative care.


University of Massachusetts

  • Elder Patient Navigator Program 2.0- by Sarah McGee, MPH, Mark Fitzgerald, MPH, Gary Blanchard, MPH, Bonnie Vallie, MPH, Colleen Burnham, MPH, Joshua Twomey, MPH, Susan Pasquale, MPH, Jerry Gurwitz, MPH, Michele Pugnaire, MPH, Janette Abramowitz, MPH, Mary Ellen Keough, MPH, Mary Zanetti, MPH

First and second year medical and nursing students are paired with older patients, whom they “navigate” through outpatient medical encounters to help the patient more fully understand health problems and treatments.


University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

This 30-40 minute instructional activity is designed for small groups of medical trainees (6-8) to apply basic information learned about assistive devices. This interactive teaching activity uses a card sorting format in which participants are given a set of cards, each containing a different patient scenario, and are asked to match each card with one of seven assistive devices displayed on a table. Once the matches are complete, participants discuss the rationale for their matches and with input from the group members, make needed changes. The facilitator encourages further group discussion to clarify any misconceptions or mismatches. Key points about the use of assistive devices and common mistakes in their use are reinforced.


University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC)/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM)

Education and assessment online learning module for Falls Risk.


University of Oklahoma

'Healthy Brain, Healthy Mind' (HBHM) is a five session educational course for older adults that nonstigmattically addresses mental health. Now also translated into Spanish, HBHM teaches seniors twelve pathways to a healthy brain and mind. Training materials include a facilitator's guide, presentation slides, and participant workbook.


University of Rochester

  • Hospital to Home- by Robert McCann, DO, Kevin McCormick, DO, Annette Medina-Walpole, DO, Daniel Mendelson, DO

Home Visit Trigger Tapes.


University of Texas Southwestern

Interactive module on urinary incontinence.


University of Utah

A POLST Curriculum including Powerpoint training, Provider Conversation Guide Booklet and Patient Educational Handouts.


Wake Forest University School of Medicine

The World 2 Challenge is an innovative quality improvement competition designed by our Reynolds Next Steps team, based on the concept of a healthcare hackathon. We partnered with institutional leadership in our health system, graduate medical education leadership, nursing, physical therapy, pharmacy, and other interprofessional representatives to design a platform to promote friendly competition led by specialty faculty, fellows, and residents to improve the quality of care for older adults. We describe the key inputs and steps to promote such a QI effort.


Yale University

Website with resources needed to implement IMPROVE (Initiative to Minimize Pharmaceutical Risk in Older Veterans) Polypharmacy Clinic.