March 2009

·         Announcements

·         Site Update: Site Platform Update

·         Product Spotlight

·         Featured Geriatric Site

·         Collaborations

·         New Products

·         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!

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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