September 2011

Announcements:

Contact other GACA recipients
A forum has been created for GACA recipients to share information about geriatric education for the interdisciplinary team, their geriatric education projects and geriatric cultural and linguistic competency. This forum serves as a mechanism for professional networking among GACA awardees, and has been developed by the network of GACA recipients. Current topics include annual report advice and additional grant funding. Please note that content is not endorsed or validated by the Health Resources and Services Administration, and questions and/or discussion specific to the terms and expectations of GACA awards should be referred to the GACA recipient's program officer. This is an open access forum and discussion threads are publically available. Start your own GACA-related discussion here.

Visit POGOe at an upcoming meeting
The POGOe booth will be traveling to a few different meetings over the next couple of months, including the annual meetings for the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine in Anaheim, CA, the Donald W. Reynolds grantees in St. Louis, MO, and the Association of American Medical Colleges in Denver, CO. If you will be attending, make sure to stop by and say hello. We will be happy to answer any of your questions or to tell you about upcoming additions and improvements to the POGOe website.

** Call for learner assessment materials **
Most POGOe products contain materials that can be used for teaching or for self-directed learning, but POGOe also offers a growing selection of restricted-access assessment materials. Users who request access must verify their faculty status. Every request is screened by the POGOe editors to ensure that the material is not released to a student. We invite faculty to share their assessment materials with other educators on POGOe..

A Sample of the New Products on POGOe:

• Medical Decision Making in Assessing Capacity #20853 by Robert Ruchinskas, Martin Forsberg and Pamela Basehore


• Oral Hygiene & Care-resistant Behaviors: Making a Difference #20998 by Rita Jablonski


• Delirium in Hospitalized Older Patients - A Fact Sheet and a Pre/Post-Test #20796 by Dan-phuong (Esther) Ho

Recent Comments on POGOe:

"This PowerPoint is beautifully done. The speaker's notes are very helpful and clearly indicate when lecturers should adapt slides to reflect services in their state or community." (The Einstein Geriatrics Fellowship Core Curriculum: Introduction to Medicare, Medicaid and Community Services #20880)

"Very effective, concise information for quick reference for students and residents for a very basic problem in elderly." (Gait #20256)

New in ReCAP (Repository of Electronic Critically Appraised Papers):

• Treatment with conventional antipsychotics was associated with an increased risk of death in the nursing home. by Jennifer Reckrey


• Single-lens distance glasses lower risk of falls in active older multifocal glasses wearers. by Beata Chauhan

Featured Geriatric Site:

New online course in Advance Care Planning for Public Health and Aging Services Professionals – The CDC's Healthy Aging Program now offers a new web module on Advance Care Planning. The module aims to help health professionals understand what advance care planning is and why it is important. It provides assistance with difficult conversations surrounding advance care planning and offers additional resources with more information. The information is presented in an interactive format, with buttons to click to "Learn More" and audio recordings of most of the text. CE credit is also available. For more information, or to take the course, go to www.cdc.gov/aging/advancecareplanning.