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. In addition to developing and establishing new mandatory clinical experiences, the project will allow U-M to require each medical student and participating resident to complete a web-based geriatrics portfolio to gain and demonstrate competence in geriatrics. Meanwhile, faculty will be trained to develop new geriatrics training programs in such medical and surgical specialties as rheumatology, gynecology emergency medicine, oncology, urology, pulmonary, gastroenterology, anesthesiology, orthopaedic surgery, and physical medicine & rehabilitation.
For more information please contact: Jeffrey Halter.