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POSTED - POGOe July 2009 Newsletter
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July 2009
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.
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.
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.
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. |
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D.W. Reynolds FD~AGE Physician Mini-Fellowships in Geriatrics:
Physician Continuing Medical Education (CME) Courses in Geriatrics:
A Sample of the New Products 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.
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