Educational Materials
| Integration of Elder Abuse and Neglect into a Domestic Violence Curriculum |
This product can be integrated into an interclerkship for third year medical students, through lecture and a standardized patient (SP) experience.... |
| Improving Antipsychotic Appropriateness in Dementia Patients |
This website includes information and resources to help clinicians, providers, and consumers better understand how to manage problem behaviors and... |
| Interprofessional Team Encounter: Skills Self-Assessment and Reflective Writing Assignment for Internal Medicine Residents |
Designed to pair with an interprofessional team encounter, this is a pre/post skills self-assessment and a reflective writing assignment documenting... |
| MUSC Aging Q3 Mobile App |
Almost 2/3 of all people 25-34 years old have smartphones. A smartphone is a mobile phone with computer-like features that can include e-mail, an... |
| Aging Q3 Curriculum on Falls and Mobility of Older Adult Patients |
Using the Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (or ACOVE) paradigm and the principles of Academic Detailing, Aging Q3 is developing curricula on 16... |
| The Medication Screening Questionnaire (MSQ) |
The Medication Screening Questionnaire (MSQ) is a new and comprehensive assessment tool used to teach trainees and postgraduate physicians and... |
| Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Improving Communication with Older Patients |
Improving Communication with Older Patients is one of a continuing series... |
| Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Geriatric Evaluation |
Geriatric Evaluation is one of a continuing series of practical, evidence based, Provider Fact Sheets which summarize key geriatric topics and... |
| The Learning Curve: A Geriatrics Professional Development Webinar Series (2012 - 2 of 2) "Improving Clinical Care Through Quality Improvement" |
This ongoing webinar series was... |
| The VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Homeless Veterans Program |
This one hour lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides describes the VA Homeless Program services and outcomes. The target audience is... |
| Interprofessional Geriatric Oncology 1: Risk Assessment Treatment Options in Older Adults with Cancer |
Sixty percent of new cancers are diagnosed in patients 65 years and older. Cancer is the leading cause of death for men and women age 60-79.... |
| Updating Tennessee Services: Helping Adults with Disabilities and Seniors Stay in the Community |
This one hour video lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides describes resources for disabled persons and caregivers. During this lecture, both... |
| Cognitive and Behavioral Disorders (CBD) Assessment Tool Kit |
The Cognitive and Behavioral Disorders (CBD) Assessment Tool Kit was developed by the Education Committee and the Teachers Section of the American... |
| From Publication to Practice: An interdisciplinary look at new developments in the prevention and treatment of influenza in older adults |
This publication provides readers with information on how new advances in disease prevention, treatment, and management may improve elder care and... |
| From Publication to Practice: An interdisciplinary look at advancing pain care, education, and research - Responding to the IOM’s call to action to improve pain management |
This special publication aims to inform health care providers, researchers, policy makers, caregivers, and patients about the recent report from the... |
| Building a Palliative Care Program |
This is a PPT presentation given to the NJ Hospital Association's Council on End-of-life and Palliative Care. This presentation looks at the tools... |
| From Publication to Practice: An interdisciplinary look at labeling changes for acetaminophen and the implications for patient care |
This special publication aims to inform health care providers, researchers, policy makers, caregivers, and patients about recent changes to... |
| Standardized Patient Case for Informed Consent for Colonoscopy in Elderly Patients |
This product includes an OSCE standardized patient case around the topic of informed consent for colonoscopy in an elderly patient with functional... |
| (Y6S1) ELDER Project: Palliative Care - Basic Principles |
This session is based on the ELNEC (End of Life Nursing Educational Consortium) curriculum and contains activities and information regarding best... |
| Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatric Step 2CK Test Prep Series 11-12: No. 73--Too Much of a Good Thing |
The Step2CK Test Prep Series was created by fourth-year students at the Texas Tech School of Medicine in Lubbock as a project of the fourth-year... |
| Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatric Step 2CK Test Prep Series 11-12: No. 36--To Be, or Not To Be |
The Step2CK Test Prep Series was created by fourth-year students at the Texas Tech School of Medicine in Lubbock as a project of the fourth-year... |
| Communication Skills Workshop for Medicine Residents During Geriatrics Elective |
Effective communication is essential to health care delivery, especially in care of the elderly, and is associated with increased adherence to... |
| Transitions of Care: Leaving the Hospital |
This is a web-based, online, interactive module on "Transitions of Care: Leaving the Hospital" that is appropriate for learners from all disciplines... |
| Polypharmacy Pocket Card |
This pocket card on "Polypharmacy" was developed as a supplement to teaching polypharmacy to ward teams in the inpatient setting; however, it applies... |
| Aging Q3 Curriculum on Dementia and Aging |
Using the Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (or ACOVE) paradigm and the principles of Academic Detailing, Aging Q3 is developing curricula on 16... |
| Aging Q3 Curriculum on Vision and Aging in Older Adult Patients |
Using the Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (or ACOVE) paradigm and the principles of Academic Detailing, Aging Q3 is developing curricula on 16... |
| Aging Q3 Curriculum on Continuity of Care in Older Adult Patients |
Using the Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (or ACOVE) paradigm and the principles of Academic Detailing, Aging Q3 is developing curriculum on 16... |
| Aging Q3 Curriculum on Communicating About End of Life Care with Older Adult Patients and Their Families |
Using the Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (or ACOVE) paradigm and the principles of Academic Detailing, Aging Q3 is developing curricula on 16... |
| Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly |
This one hour video lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides describes the prevalence of cardovascular disease in aging including treatment and... |
| Geriatric Emergency Medicine Online Curriculum (GEM-OC) 2 - Transitions of Care |
This is Module Two of an online five-module curriculum. The modules, which are based on national geriatric emergency medicine competencies, cover a... |
| Obtaining a Functional History: Geriatrics and Aging through Transitional Environments (GATE) Curriculum for MS 1 |
"Obtaining a Functional History" is a curriculum for first year medical students consisting of a 1.5 hr didactic session on geriatric history-... |
| ElderQuest |
ElderQuest is an interactive 3-D videogame aimed at helping medical students learn the AAMC geriatric competencies. The first 5-mission playpack of a... |
| Electronic References and other Information Resources for Clinicians |
This one hour video lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides describes resources for clinicians and caregivers, including new on-line information... |
| Hospice and Pain Management |
This one hour video lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides describes evaluation and treatment of chronic pain in palliative care. The target... |
| Depression and Grief in Older Adults: Realities of Aging |
This one hour video lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides describes symptoms of depression in older patients including coping mechanisms for... |
| The Top Ten Questions About Osteoporosis |
This one hour video lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides is a case based presentation on osteoporosis treatment. The target audience is... |
| Geriatric Emergency Medicine Online Curriculum (GEM-OC) 5 - ED Workflow and Dispo Decision-Making |
This is Module Five of an online five-module curriculum. The modules, which are based on national geriatric emergency medicine competencies, cover a... |
| An Integrative Health Approach to Pain Management for Older Adults |
This one hour video lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides describes interdisciplinary and complementary approaches to identification and... |
| Falls and the Elderly |
This one hour video lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides describes falls risks, evaluation, treatment and prevention. The target audience is... |
| Pharmacologic Management of Diabetes in Elderly Adults |
This one hour video lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides describes management of diabetes in elderly with reference to treatment goals and... |
| Helping Families with Patients' Hospitalization & Decision-Making |
This one hour video lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides describes communication strategies with families and patients in defining goals of... |
| Substance Abuse and Elders |
This one hour video lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides defined addiction as it effects older patients and describes treatment strategies.... |
| The Top Ten Rheumatological Disorders of the Elderly |
This one hour video lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides is a case based presentation on common rheumatologic diseases. The target audience is... |
| Essential Tremors, Diagnosis and Treatment: Implications for the Elderly |
This one hour video lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides describes diagnosis and pathophysiology of tremors with treatment strategies. The... |
| Quitting Tobacco: An Ageless Issue |
This one hour video lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides describes smoking cessation techniques taliored to elderly patients. The target... |
| Geriatric Emergency Medicine Online Curriculum (GEM-OC) 3 - Discharge Planning |
This is Module Three of an online five-module curriculum. The modules, which are based on national geriatric emergency medicine competencies, cover a... |
| Effective Communication with Older Adults in the clinical Setting |
This one hour video lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides describes barriers and strategies to improve communication techniques. The target... |
| Reconstructive Urology and Geriatrics: Issues in older Adults |
This one hour video lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides describes surgical options for urinary incontinence. The target audience is... |
| HIV & Older Adults |
This one hour video lecture with accompanying PowerPoint slides describes HIV prevalence and risk to older adults. The target audience is... |
| Alzheimer's Dementia Caregiver Case Study |
The case study presents Mary Allen, a 70-year-old married African American devout Baptist with eight children, retired from being a certified nursing... |