EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS The seven professional schools each offer training opportunities in geriatrics and gerontology. The link to each school first provides a description of each school’s aging specialization and a link to each School’s official web site. School of Dentistry Graduate School School of Law School of Medicine
* Division of Gerontology, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
* Division of Gerontology, Medicine School of Nursing School of Pharmacy School of Social Work University of Maryland Baltimore
Fellowships & Training Grants in Gerontology
The University of Maryland Medicine has training grants for both clinical fellowships, and pre and post -doctoral research, academic opportunities in the Department of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine as well as in the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System. Research Training in Exercise Physiology Research Training in Epidemiology of Aging Geriatric Medicine Fellowships
On Line Learning – Geri-Ed
The geri-ed.umaryland.edu Web site is supported through GGEAR’s partnership with the Johns Hopkins Geriatric Education Center Consortium. The web site provides cases, Video Press geriatric film presentations and other educational resources for health professionals and health professional students. The site is currently under development. Geriatrics and Gerontology Education and Research Program (GGEAR)
The Geriatrics and Gerontology Education and Research Program (GGEAR) is a state funded program located in the Office of Academic Affairs, University of Maryland, Baltimore. GGEAR, initiated in 1987, was funded in order to better prepare Maryland's health care professionals to care for frail, older individuals and to sponsor research projects which will ultimately produce interventions on behalf of this population. In order to promote this overall mission, GGEAR regularly sponsors educational outreach programs for health care professionals and caregivers; interprofessional clinical education for health care professional students at the University of Maryland, Baltimore; and supports opportunities for interprofessional research among faculty at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Interprofessional Educational Opportunities for Health Professional Students Interested in Aging
Several short-term, interprofessional educational classroom and training opportunities are available to students attending the UMB schools including the following programs: Geriatric Imperative Minimester
The minimester is a week long course scheduled each January which offers a review of current clinical, policy and research trends in the field of aging. Presentations are made by faculty, national and regional leaders in the field of aging and family caregivers. Lectures, case simulations, panel discussions and videos are the teaching methodology utilized during the week. Field trips are taken to geriatric health care facilities to meet with staff and residents. Contact: Reba Cornman, GGEAR Director, 410-706-4327, rcornman@umaryland.edu. Geriatric Assessment Interdisciplinary Team (GAIT)
GAIT is a project funded by the University System of Maryland Redeployment Grant System and is located in rural Maryland through the Western Maryland Area Health Education Center (Cumberland, Md.) and the Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center (Cambridge, Md.). A series of two day rotations bring students from the six University of Maryland, Baltimore Schools, Towson University's Gerontolgoy Degree Program, Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Disorder Departments, Frostburg State University's Departments of Social Work and Psychology, and Salisbury State University's Departments of Social Work and Nursing as well as University of Maryland Eastern Shore physician assistant, physical therapy and nutrition students. Students are introduced to the comprehensive geriatric assessment and the fundamentals of interprofessional collaboration through both didactic and clinical sessions. A variety of sites are used throughout Western Maryland and the Eastern Shore. Each site is chosen because it emphasizes the benefits of interprofessional collaboration in caring for frail older individuals. Contacts
Reba Cornman, 410-706-4327, rcornman@umaryland.edu. Terri Socha, GAIT Coordinator, Western Maryland Area Health Education Center: 301-777-9150x107, tmsocha@allconet.org. Donna Wilson, GAIT Coordinator, Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center, 410-221-2600, esahecgait@yahoo.com.
Continuing Education and Educational Outreach Programs
GGEAR cosponsors conferences throughout the state of Maryland in partnership with state agencies, county agencies, and private non-profit associations serving the elderly as well as with the Western Maryland and Eastern Shore Area Health Education Centers. Conferences are sponsored for health care professionals and family caregivers. GGEAR is a partner with the Johns Hopkins Geriatrics Education Center Consortium.
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