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March 2009
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Announcements
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Site
Update: Site Platform Update
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Product Spotlight
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Featured Geriatric Site
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Collaborations
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New Products
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Events
to Watch for
Announcements:
Share your
wisdom! Comment on the products you view and
use. Use the POGOe 'amazon.com' evaluation system (stars and
comments) to help others more easily identify the best
usage, strengths and weaknesses
of POGOe products. All comments are anonymous
and reviewed before posted.
Some recent
examples:
-- Rapid
Assessment of Older Patients in the Emergency Department: A Resident Manual
#18802: “Great tool for teaching geriatric competencies in emergency
context.”
-- Falls
#20200: “The case was very useful in highlighting risk factors for falls
and reviewing areas of physical examination to focus on during a falls
evaluation. Content and format very amenable to small group discussion for
all levels of learners, and case discussion held more attention than a
didactic presentation.”
Submit New
Products!:
Submit your products today, and don’t forget about our secure materials
section that is available for all assessment materials. Any materials posted on POGOe can be
cited on your CV. For more
information, contact Jared Rejeski at editor@pogoe.org.
Attention all Junior Faculty! JAGS is publishing reviews of POGOe products in their Educational
Resources Review section. We are looking for faculty to write reviews and
submit to JAGS (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society). For more
information, contact Zhenya Hurd at Zhenya.hurd@mssm.edu.
Site Update:
Site Platform Update
We are happy to introduce new platform
software, Drupal 6. This software
upgrade will enhance the functionality of POGOe and provide subtle yet
impressive new features to the repository.
Thank you for your patience during our conversion process.
Product Spotlight:
Anatomy Class Introduction to the First
Patient
From the Florida State
University School
of Medicine
By Lisa Granville, M.D.
With “March Madness” upon us, the masses are scrambling to
assemble their brackets to the best of their abilities. Picking teams
at random can pay off at times; however, it is advantageous to be
acquainted with the teams and their abilities. As medical students
progress through their years of higher education, the introduction of
patients can come abruptly. Whether they recognize it
or not, the cadaver they meet in their Anatomy Class is
truly their very first 'patient as teacher' whom they
will get to know in great detail. To highlight this fact, Lisa
Granville, M.D., from the Florida State University College of Medicine has
developed an exercise where the cadaver is approached as a student’s first
patient. The Anatomy Class: Introduction to the First Patient guides
instructors through the process of treating a venerable anatomy
teaching tool as a patient. The purpose of this exercise is to apply
clinical observation skills to the appearance of the cadaver, and to
associate these clinical findings with the “anticipated impact on daily
life.”
Dr. Granville’s product facilitates integration of patient exposure into
the basic science curriculum of today’s medical school experience.
Treating a cadaver as a patient brings a clinical nature to dissection,
treats a cadaver as a human being rather than a collection of
bones and organs to be memorized, teaches students to have a critical eye
in examinations without using technological aids or diagnostic
procedures, and introduces the effects of the body’s composition on
critical aspects of an aging human’s life and functioning.
This concise, two-page document describes the 35-40 minute exercise
(divided between two sessions) by providing a time structure and
bulleted descriptions of the student activities.. ....
Click here for full Editors’ Choice
product review, to view the product, and to comment and rate this product
on POGOe.
Featured
Geriatric Site:
The Alzheimer’s
Association is an
organization that serves to eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the
advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all
affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain
health. Their website aims to inform, educate, and support this
effort with an extensive array of resources and online tools. To
learn more please visit the site!
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Collaborations:
D.W. Reynolds
FD~AGE Physician Mini-Fellowships in Geriatrics:
The Mini-Fellowships are 3 – 4 day intensive
courses for non-geriatricians seeking training in geriatrics education
and curriculum development. They target clinician-educators in internal
medicine, family medicine, hospital medicine and other subspecialties.
The course is free of charge to participants who are not from
Reynolds-sponsored schools. CME credit is awarded.
• UCLA David
Geffen School
of Medicine: May 27-29, 2009 (Mini-Fellowship)
Visit www.geronet.ucla.edu
or contact Anne Hu at: AnneHu@mednet.ucla.edu
or (310) 312-0531 for more information
• The Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine: September
13-16, 2009 (CME Course) www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gec or contact Laura Gibson
at: lcgibson@jhmi.edu
or (410) 550-3268 for more information
• Duke
University School of Medicine: March 30-April 3, 2009 (EBM in
Geriatrics); June 15-19, 2009 (Palliative Care Curriculum Development);
& October 2009 (Medical Student Education in Geriatrics)
Visit careinaging.duke.edu
or contact Emily Herbert at: emily.herbert@duke.edu
or (919) 660-7577 for more information
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine: Intensive
Update with Board Review in Geriatric & Palliative Medicine; October
4-7, 2009; New York, NY
This
course presents an exciting opportunity for close study with nationally
recognized experts in both Geriatric and Palliative Medicine fields. An
engaging, highly practical and comprehensive review of all aspects of
geriatric and palliative medicine, this four-day course is uniquely
organized around intimate work sessions, enabling participants to take
advantage of close one-on-one mentoring and networking opportunities.
Case-based workshops cover topics ranging from geriatric assessment and
pain management to hip fracture and urinary incontinence. Scholarships awarded are provided by
the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.
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Contact GeriEd.Programs@mssm.edu
or contact Faye Francisco at (212) 241-3624
A Sample of the Latest Products on POGOe:
Geriatric
Clinical Evaluation Exercise #20364 by N. Wilson
Holland, MD; et. al.
Acute Pain Management in Older
Adults #20365 by Keela A. Herr, Ph.D., RN
Geriatric Screening Case with EBM
Literature #20344 by Jim Powers, M.D.
& Molly Cahall
Events to Watch for:
The American Geriatrics Society’s 2009 Annual
Scientific Meeting;
April 29- May 3
Come visit us at the POGOe Booth!
Click on the link below for more details:
The American Geriatrics
Society Members receive a discount on registration. If you are not
yet a member or have not renewed your membership, you can do so and
register for the meeting simultaneously.
For any questions or
more information, please contact us at Editor@POGOe.org.
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