Geriatrics Fellowship

Resources

Web Resources:

Free resident e-membership for AGS  ($80 membership for fellows-in-training) http://www.americangeriatrics.org/about/memapp_join.shtml

Title III, Older Americans Act: http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/RelatedTopics_08_10.16.OlderAmericansAct.htm

POGOE portal of geriatric on-line educ. http://www.pogoe.org

HEAL health education assets library http://www.healcentral.org  

Medicare and Medicaid: http://www.cms.hhs.gov

F-Tags: NH survey and medical director legal requirements

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/downloads/som107ap_pp_guidelines_ltcf.pdf

Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report: Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Healthcare Workforce http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12089 free PDF download.

ECFMG acculturation resource http://www.ecfmg.org/acculturation/index.html

National Council on Aging http://www.healthyagingprograms.org/content.asp?sectionid=135

 

Medical Education

Brody Faculty Development calendar: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/bsomfacdev/calendar.cfm, to sign up http://www.ecu.edu/bsomfacdev

Local and surrounding CME programs: http://www.ecu.edu/cme

American Geriatrics Society http://www.americangeriatrics.org

AMDA Foundation’s Futures Program http://www.amdafoundation.org/content/view/479/1  

            Scholarships available to attend for free, incl. travel and hotel, apply early!

AMDA mentoring program http://www.amda.com/membership/attendings.cfm (membership required)

Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors: www.afmrd.org,

Free osteoporosis and diabetes conferences

Radiology teaching site: http://eradiology.bidmc.harvard.edu     

Free Evidence Updates, http://plus.mcmaster.ca/EvidenceUpdates/

Geriatrics Manual Blackboard Address/Access: https://blackboard.ecu.edu/

ECU Family Medicine Clinical & Educational Resources: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/fammed/resources/ebm.cfm