Educational Materials
| Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Bibliography |
This bibliography contains a list of 44 annotated peer-reviewed articles on grandparents raising grandchildren -- ... |
| Asian American Elders Bibliography |
This bibliography annotates 32 peer-reviewed articles on Asian American elders and their caregivers, health outcomes, disability rates, attitudes,... |
| Introduction to the Geriatric History and Physical Exam |
With a growing number of older adult patients entering the health care system and fewer students and residents pursing geriatric medicine,1,2... |
| SAGE Intrinsic Aging: A Histological Perspective: Musculoskeletal System |
This module demonstrates the normal age-related changes in the musculoskeletal system and their clinical implications. A highlight of these modules... |
| Error Disclosure: An Interprofessional Clinical Skills Session |
The goal of this clinical skills session is for students to gain skills in working in teams during a particularly difficult situation: the team... |
| Interprofessional Grand Rounds |
The Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, together with the Rutgers University School of Nursing, and Rutgers School of Health Related... |
| Gait Velocity Assessment Toolkit |
Gait Velocity is a marker of functional and cognitive status in older adults. Slow gait speed has been associated with poor clinical outcomes such... |
| Palliative Care Case |
Using a case study participants will follow an older patient who requires increasing levels of care. After breaking... |
| 2015 Quick Reference App: Internal Medicine and Family Medicine Resident Geriatric Competencies |
In 2010, the essential geriatric competencies for Internal Medicine (IM) and Family Medicine (FM) residents were published. To reinforce and... |
| Assessing Capability of Medical Decision Making Capacity |
A multifacted program focused on Assessment of Medical Decision Making Capacity. It includes the following education and assessment tools: ... |
| Ethnogeriatrics: Language Translation Podcast |
This is a podcast discussion on language translation that took place at the 2014 American Geriatric Society Annual Scientific Meeting in the... |
| Physical Therapists Optimize Movement |
This resident education module was developed to educate residents on what other team members do. The content was organized around the IM-FM... |
| A Developmental Approach to Campus-Wide Interprofessional Education: From Exposure to Immersion using a Geriatric Case Study |
This session will provide health professions students the opportunity to become immersed in a realistic interrprofessional (IP) care planning... |
| Wound Care and Ostomy Nursing |
This resident education module was developed to educate residents on what other team members do. The content was organized around the IM-FM... |
| PRIMED and READY: A Transitions of Care Pocket Card |
Transitions of care are important in improving patient safety and decreasing health care costs. Despite the necessity of education about this... |
| Multiple Chronic Conditions: Geriatrics Evaluation and Management Strategies (MCC GEMS) App |
With a grant from the Agency for... |
| Multimorbidity Toolkit |
In July 2012, the AGS published the Guiding Principles for the... |
| Diabetes Management in Long Term Care |
Guidelines for managing diabetes in older adults and particularly the long-term care population have changed significantly over recent years. ... |
| Elder Care A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Medical Decision-Making Capacity |
Medical Decision-Making Capacity is one of a continuing series of practical, evidence based, Provider Fact Sheets which summarize key... |
| Palliative Care Lectures |
This educational series of lectures was designed with a focus to... |
| Trauma History Case Study |
This case study concerns Mr. W, a 67-year-old Vietnam War Army Veteran who was deployed during the later years of the war and honorably discharged.... |
| Multigenerational Issues and Caregiving Case Study |
This case study is useful for understanding family... |
| How Policy Impacts Practice: Case Study & Role Play |
The purpose of this case study is to identify policies affecting the key characters and decision makers, which is a skill central to being an... |
| Social Services with Older Adults Assignment |
Undergraduate social work students participate in a semester-long person-centered care project with memory impaired residents at an assisted-living... |
| Social Justice: Practice with Organizations and Communities Teaching Casebook |
This comprehensive teaching casebook provides guidance on incorporating gerontological competencies into required generalist courses focusing on... |
| Self-Directed Learning Assignment on Cancer Screening in Older Patients |
This self-directed learning assignment was created to complement the required 2-week ambulatory geriatrics curriculum for PGY1’s at the University of... |
| Multigenerational Family Dynamics Case Study |
This case study was developed by two master's level social work students at the University of Washington for a generalist practice course on... |
| Housecalls Pocket Card |
This pocket card is designed to prepare learners to conduct a home visit. The pocket card can be reviewed prior to a visit to help prepare the... |
| The Adapted Mini-CEX for Geriatric Psychiatry: Communicating with Dementia Patients |
This Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX) is designed to observe a trainee obtaining a history from a patient with dementia. The trainee is... |
| Evaluation and Management of Late Life Psychosis |
This self-directed, web-based, interactive educational module addresses the evaluation and management of psychosis in older adults. |
| SAGE Intrinsic Aging: A Histological Perspective: Urinary System Module |
This module demonstrates the normal age-related changes in the urinary system and its clinical implications. A highlight... |
| Dementia and Social Policy Bibliography |
This bibliography annotates 23 peer-reviewed articles, online publications, patient and provider guides, and other resources on dementia and social... |
| Veterans and Aging Bibliography |
This bibliography contains nearly 40 peer-reviewed articles, online publications, websites, and other resources on veterans and aging. |
| SAGE Intrinsic Aging: A Histological Perspective: Cardiovascular System |
This module demonstrates normal changes of aging and the clinical implications of these aging-related changes via histology. A highlight of these... |
| Gait Disorders in the Elderly |
This educational modules teaches learners how to recognize normal patterns of gait in the elderly and discuss various geriatric gait disorders. ... |
| A Geriatric Interview with the Gynecologist |
Assessing and treating gynecologic conditions is important in all decades of a woman's life. Each decade of life presents a unique set of issues for... |
| Degenerative Aortic Stenosis |
The UT Southwestern SAGE Aortic Stenosis module is self-directed learning of degenerative aortic stenosis in the elderly. After completion of the... |
| Cognitive Assessment in the Elderly |
This module demonstrates how to administer the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test (MoCA). The MoCA was created to screen patients who present with... |
| Elder Care A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Delirium in the ICU |
Delirium in the ICU is one of a continuing series of practical, evidence based, Provider Fact Sheets which summarize key geriatric topics... |
| GeriTeam Communication |
This app was designed to introduce learners to the outpatient Geriatric health care team, common Geriatric terminology and ways to optimally ... |
| Discharge Planning and Care Transition Curriculum for Interns |
A discharge planning curriculum for internal medicine and family medicine interns consisting of two parts:... |
| Powerpoint: Medicare, Medicaid and Discharge Planning |
This is a Powerpoint presentation designed to provide the backbone for a talk to primary care or specialty residents responsible for discharging... |
| Chief Resident Workshop in Bad News Communication & Learner Feedback |
Incoming chief residents from all departments participate in a 90 minutes workshop with the dual objectives of teaching a model for sharing bad news... |
| Medical Student Interprofessional Team Exercise on Dementia Post-Hospital Care |
This exercise is an introduction for 3rd year medical students to community-based Long-term care services and supports (LTSS) and home and community-... |
| Wake GPS Quality Improvement Project Handbook |
This handbook was developed for the Geriatrics Principles for Specialists (GPS) Program of Wake Forest School of Medicine. In order to facilitate... |
| TeamSTEPPS Didactic |
This didactic is given to a mix of medical, pharmacy, and physician assistant students. Internal medicine residents also attend this didactic during... |
| An Inter-Professional Education Delirium Simulation Pilot Project |
Case Overview: Ida Mae Homer is an 80 year-old woman with a 5-year history of Alzheimer’s disease. Her granddaughter has been... |
| Medical Reconciliation Worksheet |
A useful tool for trainees and practitioners that facilitates appropriate medication reconciliation during transitions of care. Preceptors can use as... |
| GeriaTrailers |
The didactic lecture remains a primary method of instruction in medical education, particularly for large class sizes. Capturing and maintaining the... |
| Advance Care Planning Curriculum |
Advance care planning (ACP) is a critical component of quality end-of-life care, yet there is little formal training in medical school education. ... |