July 2009

  Announcements

  Site Update

  Product Spotlight

  Featured Geriatric Site

  Collaborations

  New Products

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 examples: "Definitely brought home the difference between delirium and dementia in an interesting and engaging format. " (Delirium in Older Patients: An Online Case-Based Curriculum #20482) ; and "What an excellent review of some of the issues for postmenopausal women! This would be of great use for my OB/Gyn students and residents. They would enjoy the format. I found it very easy to use and feel that that content is very pertinent." (Women's Health Module #18392).

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). These articles are reviewed following the JAGS format, and will therefore count as a peer-reviewed publication.  For more information, contact Zhenya Hurd at zhenya.hurd@mssm.edu.

New Submissions Coordinator! Cynthia Greenan has joined the POGOe team as the new Submissions Coordinator. She is available to assist you with submitting new products and to help with any problems you might be having with our existing collection. Please feel free to contact her at cynthia.greenan@mssm.edu.

Site Update:

Ask the Informationist: Geriatrics Question of the Month

An informationist, an individual with training in library and information science as well as subject expertise, is uniquely poised to “make the critical link between the huge body of information hidden away in the medical literature and the information needed at the point of care.”^[1] We invite you to ask the POGOe informationist, Carol Howe, MD, MLS, of the Information Services at Arizona Health Sciences Library and the Section of Geriatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine, clinical questions that have arisen in your medical practices or educational settings that seem to have no ready answer. She will explore the literature and pen a response based on the timeliest evidence-based resources.  Click here to check out this new feature!

[1] . Davidoff F, Florance V. The informationist: A new health profession? Ann Intern Med. 2000;132( 12):996-998.

Product Spotlight:

The Patients Doctors Don’t Know - Op-Ed in The New York Times

The demographic imperative challenging our health care system and society makes geriatrics one of the most important disciplines for the 21st century. To address this imperative, all physicians need to have some expertise in gerontology and geriatrics. Yet, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) 2007 Medical School Graduate Questionnaire (MSGQ) showed that only 48% of graduating medical students perceive adequate coverage of geriatric material in their curricula. In a timely Op-Ed piece for the The New York Times entitled The Patients Doctors Don't Know, Dr. Rosanne M. Leipzig writes that medical students have "no requirement for any clinical training in geriatrics, even though patients 65 and older account for 32% of the average doctor's workload in surgical care, and 43% in medical specialty care, and they make up 48% of all inpatient hospital days." In addition, "Medicare...contributes more than $8 billion a year to support residency training, yet it does not require that part of that training focus on the unique healthcare needs of older adults." To help resolve this problem, Dr. Leipzig suggests that "medical resident training programs that receive Medicare money should be required to demonstrate that their trainees are competent in geriatric care."

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 AARP has been helping to improve the quality of life of older adults for more than 50 years. Their website offers a multitude of useful tips, advice columns and articles filled with information that is relevant to the aging population. Visit them at www.aarp.org for more information.

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: October 14-16, 2009 and February 10-12, 2010
Visit www.geronet.ucla.edu or contact Anne Hu at: AnneHu@mednet.ucla.edu or (310) 312-0531 for more information

      Duke University School of Medicine: September 21-25 (GME) & October 11-15, 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: February 28^th - March 2^nd, 2010
Contact GeriEd.Programs@mssm.edu or contact Faye Francisco at (212) 241-3624

Physician Continuing Medical Education (CME) Courses in Geriatrics:

      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

      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.
Contact GeriEd.Programs@mssm.edu or contact Faye Francisco at (212) 241-3624

A Sample of the New Products
on POGOe:

Peripheral Neuropathy Web Module #20510 by Heather Anderson, M.D. & Mary McDonald, M.D.

Cranial Nerve Disorders Web Module #20507 by Heather Anderson, M.D. & Mary McDonald, M.D.

Neck and Back Pain Web Module #20505 by Heather Anderson, M.D. & Mary McDonald, M.D.

For any questions or more information, please contact us at Editor@POGOe.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.

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