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	FHA - What is Geriatrics?
		Geriatrics is the branch of medicine that focuses on health promotion and the prevention and treatment of disease and disability in later life.
		Founded in 1942, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) - www.americangeriatrics.org - is the nation's leading non-profit association of geriatrics health care professionals dedicated to improving the health, independence, and quality of life of all older people.
		Our mission is to build a bridge between geriatrics health care professionals and the public and to advocate on behalf of older adults and their special needs: wellness and preventive care, self-responsibility and independence, and connections to family and community.
	www.healthinaging.org /public_education/what_is_geriatrics.php (935 words)

	Geriatrics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Specialized geriatrics services include orthogeriatrics (close cooperation with orthopedic surgery and a focus on osteoporosis and rehabilitation), psychogeriatrics (focus on dementia, depression and other conditions common in the elderly), and rehabilitation.
		The practice of geriatrics in the UK is also one with a rich history of multidisiplinary working, valuing all the professions, not just medicine, for their contributions in optimising the well being and independence of older people.
		Another "hero" of British Geriatrics is Bernard Isaacs, who described the "giants" of geriatrics: incontinence, immobility, impaired intellect and instability (Isaacs 1965).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geriatrics (578 words)

	IU Geriatrics
		Indiana University Geriatrics education and research missions have been recognized as top tier programs by the National Institute on Aging and by a foundation whose sole mission is to im prove the quality of care for the aging population.
		The vision of the IU Geriatrics Program is to be a local and national leader in health care services and scholarship, and support the efforts of health care providers, educators, patients, families, and policymakers to improve the health care and vitality of older adults.
		The mission of the IU Geriatrics Program at the Indiana University School of Medicine is to promote successful aging by improving the quality of health care services for older adults through education, research, and the interdisciplinary team approach to care.
	www.indiana.edu /~iugeri (456 words)

	Geriatrics Information on Healthline
		Geriatric diagnosis thus requires a substantial degree of insight and subtlety.
		Geriatric management is likewise complicated by the presence of multiple, simultaneously inter-active problems, which often reach across several domains of life.
		The goal of geriatric care is to maximize the functioning of patients.
	www.healthline.com /galecontent/geriatrics (882 words)

	Geriatric Health Specialty Forum
		"Geriatrics" is medical practice that addresses the complex needs of older patients and emphasizes maintaining functional independence even in the presence of chronic disease.
		Geriatrics is a dynamic field - innovation is the key as we develop better ways to deliver long-term care and more effective treatment options for diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and osteoporosis.
		We encourage you to start a geriatrics interest group at your school and use the listserve to share your ideas and concerns.
	www.amsa.org /ger (414 words)

	Medical College of Wisconsin - Geriatrics
		While geriatric research has exploded in the last 25 years, and respectable efforts have been made to enhance education and interest in the specialty, something else has outpaced the prevalence of geriatricians by a considerable margin – the elderly population itself.
		Boal did not select geriatrics immediately as his career, but as time went on, he looked back on his education at the Medical College of Wisconsin as the basis for his understanding that the care of older patients can be intellectually and personally satisfying.
		There are also significant initiatives underway in the clinical community to enhance the geriatric knowledge base of practicing primary care physicians so they can better understand and treat geriatric syndromes – one symptom or a complex of symptoms with high prevalence in the elderly, resulting from multiple diseases and multiple risk factors.
	www.mcw.edu /display/router.asp?docid=10735 (2545 words)

	APTA Section on Geriatrics membership page
		GERIATRICS, health care concerned with the aging, is a rapidly growing specialty in physical therapy.
		The Section on Geriatrics supports those therapists, assistants, and students that work with an aging population in roles of advocacy, direct patient care, consultation, supervision, and education.
		The Section on Geriatrics was formed in 1978 to address the needs of the physical therapy practitioner working with the aging client.
	www.geriatricspt.org /membership.cfm (466 words)

	Physicians' Training in Geriatrics
		The Geriatrics Center is engaged in a four-year, grant-based set of activities called Comprehensive Programs to Strengthen Physicians' Training in Geriatrics, designed to expand teaching for medical students and physicians in the care of elderly patients.
		The goal is for the Geriatrics Center to provide every graduating medical student as well as physicians who complete residency or fellowship training at the U-M with a meaningful educational experience in geriatrics.
		UM physicians interested in Geriatrics Resources at the University of Michigan and the surrounding community may visit UM Geriatrics Care, an internal web site containing specific clinical and referral information as well as links to teaching and learning resources.
	www.med.umich.edu /geriatrics/educationalprograms/physiciantraining.htm (296 words)

	geriatrics. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		These factors have made geriatrics an important specialty, particularly since the proportion of elderly persons in the population is increasing steadily.
		Geriatrics is one of the fields included in the general study of old age, or gerontology, which covers psychological, economic, and social factors as well.
		Both public and private institutions are spending large sums of money for research in geriatrics and gerontology.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ge/geriatri.html (333 words)

	Section of Geriatrics
		While the Section of Geriatrics is relatively new, the geriatrics program at The University of Chicago has been recognized for its excellence in patient care, teaching, and research for many years.
		We are increasing the exposure of medical students at The University of Chicago to geriatrics with the support of the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, focusing in particular on the core course relating to the development of clinical skills and the inpatient medicine clerkship.
		The geriatrics faculty attend on one of the inpatient general medicine services which allows third-year students and residents to be exposed to more geriatrics teaching in the hospital.
	medicine.uchicago.edu /section_pages/geriatrics/about.htm (813 words)

	Geriatrics - Geriatrics - Dukehealth.org
		The Division of Geriatrics is integrated with the Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development (of which the GET Clinic is a part).
		Founded in 1955 as a government-designated center for geriatric research, the Center remains a vital national resource for the study of aging.
		And at Duke Geriatrics, we’re meeting those challenges in a variety of ways--so that no matter how many tomorrows our patients have, each of those tomorrows will be as bright as possible.
	www.dukehealth.org /Services/Geriatrics (588 words)

	Geriatrics Fellowship Overview
		The geriatrics fellowship program is designed so that each fellow has the opportunity to achieve the knowledge, professional attitudes, and practical experience required of a physician caring for the elderly patient.
		On the educational front, fellows attend an eight-week core lecture series that covers key topics from normal aging processes and geriatric syndromes to health maintenance to the molecular basis of aging.
		Speakers are drawn from the geriatrics faculty, internal medicine faculty, basic science researchers and allied healthcare professionals.
	www.utsouthwestern.edu /utsw/cda/dept23619/files/83574.html (325 words)

	The American Geriatrics Society - Education - F.I.T. News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As a medical student who is very interested in a career in geriatrics, I can attest to how important a supportive and encouraging a mentor can be to a budding career.
		My mentor discussed a career in geriatrics with me during my first few months of medical school, and I have gone on to do research in geriatrics, develop a geriatric interest group at my school, and get involved at the national level.
		As fellows, you have recognized the importance of the field of geriatrics.
	www.americangeriatrics.org /education/FIT/newsletter_sp2000_2.shtml (465 words)

	University of Utah Division of Geriatrics
		The Division of Geriatrics is responsible for teaching and clinical care and research in Geriatrics at the University and Veterans Affairs Hospital.
		The Division is also the academic home for the Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the Salt Lake City VA Hospital.
		In this direction, there are University and VA Research laboratories engaged in studies of the age-associated defect of hematopoiesis, as well as cognitive function, exercise physiology, immunology and molecular biology/gene expression, as these areas pertain to aging.
	www.int.med.utah.edu /geri (338 words)

	Department of Medicine - Brown Medical School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The goal of the Brown Geriatric Medicine Fellowship is to produce new leaders in geriatric medicine who will conduct aging-related research and/or teach excellent care of older persons at medical schools, teaching hospitals, academic nursing homes, and other sites serving elderly individuals and their care providers.
		Methods for valid studies in aging are taught during Year 1 to the fellows (along with fellows in geriatric psychiatry) in a yearlong, didactic course in aging research.
		Geriatrics fellows have the usual bedside and clinical rounds with other trainees.
	www.brownmedicine.org /geriatrics/fellowship.asp (1010 words)

	Baylor College of Medicine Student Handbook-Geriatrics Track
		The Geriatrics Track helps better prepare medical students to care for older adults in their professional careers.
		Geriatric Skills Workshops: An 8 X 90 minute evening skills course has been designed to provide training in the assessment of older adults.
		Students participating in the Geriatrics Track will be assigned to the LACE GeriHomes Pathway and participate in house calls to elderly patients in their home, assisted living community or nursing home.
	www.bcm.edu /osa/handbook/geriatrics.html (559 words)

	Geriatrics at Georgetown University
		The structure of the Geriatrics Curriculum is divided into two basic components: the preclinical curriculum and the clinical curriculum.
		We plan to launch a clinical rotation in Geriatric Medicine to be linked to the Neurology rotation that occurs in the third-year.
		Medical students participate in a Continuity of Care program at the Washington Home led by Jerry Earl in which first year students are assigned a nursing home patient in their first year, and actively participate in the care of the patient throughout the four years of medical school.
	geriatrics.georgetown.edu /students.html (445 words)

	Clinical Geriatrics
		One of the more alarming statistics in the AGS report: In 2003 there were only 62 physician-fellows in their second or subsequent years of training in geriatrics research nationwide.
		To the public and to policymakers, geriatrics professionals and members of organizations such as the AGS and its state and regional affiliates, are the “face” of geriatrics.
		We can talk to local and national media, write letters to editors, call radio talk shows, submit op-ed articles, and ensure that our patients and their families are aware of these issues and can bring them forward to their elected representatives.
	www.clinicalgeriatrics.com /cg/displayArticle.cfm?articleID=article4378 (803 words)

	Medical College of Wisconsin - Student training in geriatrics moving foward
		The result is a continuum, beginning with exposing medical students to geriatric medicine and resulting in a faculty member in geriatrics, said Edmund H. Duthie, MD, Professor and Chief of Medicine (Geriatrics).
		One of the four goals for the project is to increase medical student interest in geriatric medicine.
		Meeting the fourth goal, the College developed a geriatric medical education fellowship to prepare the next generation of clinician educators.
	www.mcw.edu /display/router.asp?docid=3729 (552 words)

	Geriatrics at Holistic Junction
		GERIATRICS, according to the American Heritage Dictionary?, is "...the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and problems specific to the aged."
		Geriatrics healthcare providers help older patients with age-related disorders and diseases such as cardiovascular problems, erectile dysfunction, diabetes, hearing and eye loss, arthritis, and many other age-related conditions, specifically.
		To learn more about geriatrics, or if you are interested in finding a geriatrics' practitioner, feel free to peruse our consumer and holistic directories for a geriatrics' caregiver today.
	www.holisticjunction.com /categories/HPD/geriatrics.html (133 words)

	Yale Geriatrics Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The mission of the Section of Geriatrics in the Department of Internal Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine is to improve the function, independence, and quality of life of older persons.
		Our three-year fellowship program in clinical and investigative geriatrics is to train young physicians in the skills of clinical investigation of the problems of the frail elderly.
		Over the past decade, Yale Geriatrics researchers have conducted the first studies of the causes and prevention of common health problems such as falls, injuries, delirium, functional decline, and difficulty with driving.
	info.med.yale.edu /intmed/geriatrics/index.html (331 words)

	Geriatrics Special Interest Pathway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Between second and third year, students are encouraged to participate in the Summer Institute in Geriatrics, a program sponsored by the National Institute of Aging and the American Geriatrics Society.
		The pathway was designed to offer students exposure to geriatric medicine throughout the four years of medical school.
		Purpose: The goal of the Reynolds Geriatrics Special Interest Pathway is to stimulate interest in pursuing careers in academic geriatric medicine and geriatric research.
	www.bumc.bu.edu /Dept/Content.aspx?DepartmentID=313&PageID=9573 (378 words)

	Penn Geriatrics
		Penn Geriatrics is dedicated to enhancing the health of adults age 65 or older through interdisciplinary clinical care and trained physicians who provide excellent clinical care to older adults -- with an emphasis on enhancing functional status, quality of life, and survival.
		The Institute serves as the point of integration for a variety of disciplines engaged in research, education and training related to geriatrics and gerontology across divisions, departments and schools at the University of Pennsylvania.
		For health information about geriatrics, or for general health information, explore the list of topics in our Health.
	pennhealth.com /geriatrics (212 words)

	AMSA Geriatrics Task Force - Office of Geriatrics and Gerontology
		The Geriatrics Task Force is a special interest group within AMSA which seeks to promote interest in the field of geriatrics.
		Guest Speakers/Panel Discussions: geriatric clinicians are invited to come to OSU COMPH to speak on topics of interest or concern to students, older adults, and clinicians.
		The Geriatrics Task Force is always looking for new ideas and projects to increase awareness of and interest in the field of geriatrics.
	medicine.osu.edu /geriatrics/87.cfm (272 words)

	Schedule for May, 2006: Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics
		The overall purpose of this series is to encourage and promote continuing medical education within the field of Geriatrics by increasing medical knowledge of geriatric-related issues through up-to-date instructional techniques in an effort to improve physician performance within the clinical and / or basic science setting.
		Purpose: The overall purpose of this series is to encourage and promote continuing medical education within the field of Geriatrics by increasing medical knowledge of geriatric-related issues through up-to-date instructional techniques in an effort to improve physician performance within the clinical and / or basic science setting.
		Purpose : The overall purpose of this series is to encourage and promote continuing medical education within the field of Geriatrics by increasing medical knowledge of geriatric-related issues through up-to-date instructional techniques in an effort to improve physician performance within the clinical and / or basic science setting.
	www.geriatrics.uams.edu /Calendar/Default.asp?month=5&year=2004 (736 words)

	Geriatrics At Your Fingertips - ABOUT THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
		Geriatrics Review Syllabus: A Core Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine—The newly revised 6th (2006) edition of this ground-breaking self-assessment, continuing education program for primary care providers is a premier source of clinically relevant information in geriatric medicine.
		Geriatrics Nursing Review Syllabus—This core curriculum in advanced practice geriatric nursing (GNRS) is a concise, up-to-date, and comprehensive text developed by the AGS in collaboration with the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute of Geriatric Nursing at New York University.
		The FHA aims to build a bridge between the research and practice of geriatrics health care professionals and the public, and to advocate on behalf of older adults regarding issues of wellness and preventive care, self-responsibility and independence, and connections to family and community.
	www.geriatricsatyourfingertips.org /front-back/agsinfo.asp (1094 words)

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