2009 Program Components

The 2009 CRIT program offers the following components:

1. Attendance as an observer at the May 29-31, 2009 Boston University CRIT Training Conference at the Cliff House Resort & Spa in Ogunquit, Maine.
   
   
2. Curriculum materials and facilitator manuals that can be adapted to the needs of grantee's own institutions as well as a videotape of the 2008 BU CRIT program.
   
   
3. Ongoing technical assistance from the BU faculty engaged with the CRIT program as you develop your own program, including a site visit from a BU faculty member.
   
   
4. Funding to offer two CRIT programs at your institution - one in 2010 and one in 2011.
   
   
5. A data collection instrument and national data against which you can benchmark your own program's success.

For program related questions contact:

Sharon A. Levine, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Geriatrics Section
88 East Newton Street, Robinson 2
Boston, MA 02118
salevine@bu.edu


For administrative questions contact:

Joe Douglas
Coordinator
Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs
The American Geriatrics Society
The Empire State Building
350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 801
New York, New York 10118
Phone: 212-308-1414
Fax: 212-832-8646
jdouglas@americangeriatrics.org