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Monthly Newsletter: July 2013 |
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Announcements
New web-GEMs Case This is an unfolding case of Mrs. Jones, a 78-year-old woman with a past medical history of moderate Alzheimer's dementia, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, macular degeneration and osteopenia. She is also edentulous. Three days ago, Mrs. Jones was sent to the Emergency Department from a nursing home due to cough and mental status changes. Prior to admission, she required assistance with bathing, dressing and grooming but had been mostly continent of bowel and bladder. Using a rolling walker, she was able to walk short distances with assistance. Mrs. Jones was admitted with a presumptive diagnosis of pneumonia. Excluding her admitting diagnosis, what problems might Mrs. Jones encounter solely as a result of being hospitalized? Assign to your students or challenge yourself.
The purpose of the web-GEMs cases is to develop learners' understanding of geriatric medicine, and to integrate that understanding as they expand their skills within other specialties. Individual cases can be integrated into third year clerkships with emphasis on "core topics", or the curriculum can be used as a whole within a geriatrics, internal medicine, or family medicine clerkship. Visit our web-GEMs page to learn more about the curriculum key features and other cases.
A Sample of New Educational Materials
Featured Geriatric SiteGeri Fast Facts are accessible, concise, and clinically relevant 1-2 page reports on Geriatric topics applicable across medical specialties via mobile, tablet or desktop. Users are free to download and distribute Geriatric Fast Facts for educational purposes. This effort was funded by the Donald W Reynolds Foundation's "Next Steps" Award, amplified with a HRSA Geriatrics Education Center grant and executed by the Medical College of Wisconsin. Follow them @GerFastFacts. Editing Your SubmissionEdit Tip If you find that you need to make an edit or change to posted POGOe materials, notify the staff at POGOe by emailing Editor@POGOe.org with the title, POGOe ID #, and an explanation of the changes made. This will expedite the process of reviewing the changes and reposting your materials. The staff must be notified before any changes are made to materials; if not, the changes are immediately unposted. NotesOur sincere apologies for the excess Newsletters that arrived in your mailbox in June. We hope to have fixed the technical issue that caused this inconvenience and will continue improving your overall POGOe experience. Are you active on twitter? Follow us for new product postings and other updates @POGOeHeadlines. If you have questions or comments about POGOe, our staff is always eager to hear from you. Please email us at Editor@POGOe.org. |
FD~AGE Mini-FellowshipsThe FD~AGE Physician Mini-Fellowships in Geriatrics are intensive courses for non-geriatricians seeking training in geriatrics education and curriculum development. The course is free of charge to participants who are not from Reynolds-sponsored schools. CME credit is awarded.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Johns Hopkins University
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Annual Meetings
32nd Annual GAPNA Conference
3rd Annual Sexuality, Intimacy and Aging Conference at Widener University
16th International Pyschogeriatric Association (IPA)
9th International Congress of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society(EUGMS) If you know of a national or international meeting in geriatrics or gerontology that isn't listed here, let us know at Editor@POGOe.org |
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