October/November 2008

· Site Update: Learner Assessment Materials, Submission Form, Citing Your Work, KnowledgeMap Search

· Product Spotlight

· Featured Geriatric Site

· Collaborations

· Events to Watch for

· Other Announcements

Site Update:

Call for Learner Assessment Materials (Tests)

In last month’s “POSTED”, we introduced our policy on releasing assessment materials to verified medical school faculty members only. We invite all to submit assessment materials to POGOe for dissemination.

Submission Form is Now Up

Submitting your product is now easier than ever! A new addition to the site is an easy-to-use submission link located on the front page. Submit your products today!

Citing Your Work Posted on POGOe

Did you know that you can cite your POGOe products on your CV? Here is how:

Last, First + Middle initial, title, “Product Title”. The Portal of Geriatric Online Education (POGOe); publication year. Available at http://www.pogoe.org under product ID #_____.

Example:

Bickley, Lynn; Jones, Betsy. “Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatrics Series: Assessing the Older Adult”. The Portal of Geriatric Online Education (POGOe); 2008. Available at http://pogoe.org/productid/20262.

KnowledgeMap: The POGOe Concept-based Search Engine

Developed by the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Department of Biomedical Informatics, KnowledgeMap uses natural language processing and statistical techniques to map full-text documents to biomedical concepts by indexing them according to the National Library of Medicine’s Unified Medical Language System. For example, “lungs became congested” is read as “pulmonary congestion”. This approach provides a holistic perspective of a specific concept in the context of the entire POGOe library.

Product Spotlight:

The Texas Tech Medcast:

Reynolds Geriatrics Series: Assessing the Older Adult

WINNER: Product of the Year title at the 2008 Reynolds Grantee 7th Annual Meeting

Wikipedia defines podcasts as "a series of audio or video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated download, through Web feeds, to portable media players and personal computers." With portable media players such as iPods being quite ubiquitous nowadays, it is not surprising that geriatric medical educators have utilized podcasts as an alternative way for students to learn content outside the usual time of instruction as well as venue. One of the first institutions to utilize this Web 2.0 tool is Texas Tech University HSC in Lubbock TX with their series "Medcast Reynolds Geriatric Series." Produced by Betsy Jones EdD, Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, the series offers audio podcasts of various key geriatric topics such as functional assessment, health literacy, polypharmacy and nursing home visits.

Click here for full Editors’ Choice product review, and to comment and rate this product on POGOe.

Featured Geriatric Site:

§ Announcing A Great New Online Resource – www.geriatricsrecruitment.org (Located in the “Resources” Section on the POGOe Homepage).

The John A. Hartford Foundation Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine and Training Network Resource Center Web Site

This new site describes approaches to three important areas in geriatric academic career development:

· Undergraduate Recruitment to Careers in Geriatrics

· Recruitment to Advanced Training and Careers in Academic Geriatrics

· Managing Geriatrics Programmatic Growth and Development (available early 2009)

Descriptions of successful CoE approaches to these topics are now available at www.geriatricsrecruitment.org. The descriptions include:

· Easy-to-read program summaries

· Details on program implementation and outcomes

· A primary contact person for additional information

· Links to practical tools and resources for those interested in developing similar programs.

Many of the programs described on the site are geriatrics education, training and research initiatives that have proven successful in recruiting trainees to the field.

The web site was developed by the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) with a grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation.

We encourage you to visit often! Comments and questions can be addressed to veronica@afar.org

POGOe, the Portal of Geriatrics Online Education, is a major initiative of the ADGAP/Reynolds Geriatrics Education Coordinating Center and is funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.

To remove yourself from this newsletter, login to POGOe, go to 'My Account', click the 'Edit' tab, check the 'Opt-out of Mass E-mails' checkbox and 'Submit' the page.