The Reynolds grantees were asked to come up with one Teaching Tip on something neat and effective in geriatrics education that was successfully implemented at their school and they feel should be done at every medical school. This is a compilation of their tips. The list is alphabetical by cohort. To view the tip, click on the title.

Cohort 4

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Medical University of South Carolina Geriatric Education Center

• Detailed sheets used for first 2 ACOVE areas - Vision and Falls

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University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Aging

• Scavenger Hunt

University of California, Irvine - Healthcare

• Basic Skills Curriculum

University of Massachusetts Medical School

• Geriatric Continuity and Quality Exercise

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• The Navigator Program Sets Sail

University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey

• Systems-based Practice Case Study in Geriatrics

University of North Texas Health Science Center

• Use of Geriatric Standardized Patients
• Use of Health Science Center Retirees as Geriatric SPs

University of Pennsylvania Division of Geriatric Medicine

• Cultural Aspects of Geriatric Primary Care
• Round Robin Sessions

University of Texas Medical School at Houston

• Geriatric Interdisciplinary Student Team Competition

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

• Discharge Summary Tips and Checklist
• Look into the Crystal Ball

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

• Bottoms Up Rounds

Cohort 3

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Albert Einstein College of Medicine

• Assessment of Balance

Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School

• Cadaver Treasure Hunt

Florida State University College of Medicine

• Anatomy Class: Cadaver Introduction as the First Patient

Harvard University Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

• Walk Behind Rounds (a.k.a. "Toochas Rounds")

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

• A Deserted Island!

University of Arizona College of Medicine

• Health Literacy: An Exercise in Communication

University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine

• Using the "Rooming" of the Patient as a Clinical Assessment Opportunity
• Debriefing Discharge Summaries

University of Kansas Medical Center

• Gait Assessment Exercise

University of Utah School of Medicine

• A Restraint by Any Other Name….

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

• Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Review-Matched Cases

Cohort 2

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Boston University School of Medicine

• Post-Hospital Visit

Emory University School of Medicine

• Transitional Care Module

Indiana University School of Medicine

• A Council of Elders and Reflective Writing Exercise

State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

• Home Visits with Home Care Staff

University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

• Census Audit: Teaching Indications for Foley Catheter Use

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

• Tell Me Your Story

University of Miami School of Medicine

• Medication History

University of Missouri School of Medicine

• Hospital to Home

University of New Mexico School of Medicine

• "Home Visits" podcast

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

• The Stealth Geriatrician

Cohort 1

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Cornell University Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College

• Fast Forward Rounds

Medical College of Wisconsin

• Embedded Geriatrics – The Geriatricized H&P

University of Hawaii Kuakini Medical Center

• The Doctor’s Bag

University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

• Community Based Care Clerkship

University of Michigan Health System

• Patient-Centered Interview for Demented Patients and Their Caregivers

University of Nebraska Medical Center

• Icebreaker for Eliciting Overall Goals and Preferred Intensity of Care

University of Rochester Medical Center

• Functional Assessment in Long-Term Care

University of South Carolina Keck School of Medicine

• Walk in Their Shoes

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

• Long-Term Care Introductory Experience
• House Call Introductory Experience

Yale University School of Medicine

• A Dose of Reality

FD~AGE Consortium Members & Reynolds Endowed Schools

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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

• Advance Directives: Navigating the paper work, discussions and legal context

University of California, Los Angeles

• Transitions in Care

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

• Altered Mental Status Rounds

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