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The Partnership for Health in Aging (PHA) is sponsoring two symposia at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Nov 18-22, at the John B. Hynes Veteran Memorial Convention Center, in Boston, MA.
Making the Case and Taking on the Challenges of Interdisciplinary Teamwork Education in Geriatrics
Date: Saturday, November 19, 2011
Time: From 8:00am to 9:30am
Location: Please check the GSA Meeting Program.
In 2010, the PHA released an Interdisciplinary Team Training (IDT) position statement and resource directory calling for the development and expansion of IDT education. This symposium:
- reviews the major findings and recommendations of this position paper, including the process of their development;
- describes current and future initiatives within the Veterans Administration (VA) healthcare system in support of IDT utilization and training;
- explores how professional associations, accreditation organizations, licensing agencies, and payers can work together to promote sustainable IDT education and practice; and
- develops a typology of challenges to designing effective IDT training programs in higher educational settings and integrates them into a conceptual framework based on professional, collaborative, and contextual factors.
Marcos Montagnini, MD - Presenter
Robert Kaiser, MD – Presenter
Addressing the Need for Interdisciplinary Team Training
Ruth Ann Tsukuda, EdD, MPH, RN – Presenter
Ken Shay, DDS, MS – Presenter
Teams in VA Geriatrics: Past, Present, and Future
David B. Reuben, MD – Presenter
How Health-Related Organizations Can Support IDT in Geriatrics
Phillip G. Clark, ScD - Moderator
Taking on the Challenges of Developing and Implementing IDT Training in Higher Education: Can Interprofessional Virtues Insure Victory Over Disciplinary Vices?
Advancing Universal Multidisciplinary Competencies in the Care of Older Adults
Date: Sunday, November 20, 2011
Time: 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Location: Please check the GSA Meeting Program.
This symposium presents the PHA Multidisciplinary Competencies in the Care of Older Adults at the Completion of the Entry-level Health Professional Degree and
- describes the process by which they were developed;
- discusses how the multidisciplinary competencies relate to existing discipline-specific geriatrics competencies;
- addresses how the competencies may apply differently to different healthcare professions; and
- discusses the strategies for the competencies’ implementation.
This will be an interactive symposium during which the audience will be encouraged to share ideas on how the competencies can be used most effectively to enhance the training and certification of all health professionals to ensure that they have sufficient knowledge and skills in the care of older adults as they enter the healthcare workforce.
Todd Semla, PharmD – Moderator
The Rationale and Development Process for the PHA Multidisciplinary Competencies
John O. Barr, PhD, PT - Presenter
Sue Berger, PhD, OTR/L, BCG - Presenter
Multidisciplinary Educational Standards for the Care of Older Adults: Domains and Competencies
JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez, PhD, LCSW - Presenter
Elyse A. Perweiler, MPP, RN - Presenter
What’s Next with Geriatrics Competencies? Putting them into Action!
