Happy New Year!!

January 2009

· Announcements

· Site Update: Submission Tutorial

· Product Spotlight

· Featured Geriatric Site

· Keeping POGOe Products Current

· Collaborations

· New Products

· Events to Watch for

Announcements:

Comment on products: Be sure to check out and add your own comments to products on POGOe. All comments are anonymous and reviewed before posted.

Attention all Junior Faculty! Write a review of a POGOe product for submission to the Educational Resources Review section of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS). For more information, contact Zhenya Hurd at Zhenya.hurd@mssm.edu.

Site Update:

Submission Tutorial Now Available

Available under the “Submissions” Tab on the POGOe homepage toolbar, a guide has been added to explain and guide users through the submission process. This tutorial, presented in a PowerPoint format, can be viewed within the POGOe site, or it can be downloaded and viewed in its original form.

Product Spotlight:

Weill Medical College of Cornell University’s Environmental Geriatrics

1^st PLACE WINNER: Product of the Year at the 2006 Reynolds Grantee Annual Meeting

One of the most palpable statements of maintaining independence, and a preference for a majority of older adults, is to remain in one’s own home environment. Environmental Geriatrics, developed by several health care educators at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, identifies the major consequences of an aging human body as they relate to the home environment with a 3-D animated course. Furthermore, this tool highlights the risks of a common living environment, ways to assess and address these issues, and methods to safeguard a home to properly address the risks of this common situation to best benefit older adults.

Environmental Geriatrics uses a 3-dimensional model and animated computer graphics to emphasize the effects of aging on independent living. Topics ranging from the biomechanical changes in gait and balance abilities, to structural changes in bones, to vision impediments, to neurological degeneration, to sarcopenia, among many others, are addressed and illustrated with computer imagery throughout the program.

As the winner of the “Product of the Year” at the 2006 Annual Reynolds Grantee Meeting, Environmental Geriatrics has already received many (well deserved) accolades. Overall, Environmental Geriatrics is packed with information, albeit simple and user friendly, and provides an interactive and fun educational situation. It can be found right here on POGOe, and I highly suggest Environmental Geriatrics for all disciplines and learning audiences.

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

Featured Geriatric Site:

§ Announcing A Great New Online Resource – “Health Sciences Online” www.hso.info (Located under “Selected Geriatric Links and Resources” on the POGOe Homepage).

A “visionary undertaking”…

HSO is funded by a variety of organizations, such as: CDC, World Bank, the American College of Preventive Medicine, and the University of British Columbia.This website will act to fill the need for online courses and references for a vast array of medical professionals. HSO will attempt to address the need to keep online course material on the cutting edge of technology. They will provide “selective, current, [and] accessible online educational and training resources to promote appropriate care and policies.”

We encourage you to visit often! Comments and questions can be addressed to Erica Frank, MD, MPH at info@hso.info.

Keeping POGOe Products Current

It is our pleasure to congratulate University of Iowa and University of Chicago as recipients of POGOe Product Update funds, made available through the Technical Assistance Program grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. The purpose of this endeavor is to assure continued reliability and usability of the high quality resources produced with Reynolds funds that are available on POGOe.

Both institutions will be receiving funds to update their educational resources [GeriaSims (Iowa) and CHAMP (Chicago)] to meet user's needs.

If you would like to make suggestions on ways to improve these educational resources, please write to editor@pogoe.org with a subject line “Product Update: GeriaSims/CHAMP”. We look forward to receiving your feedback!

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.

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