On behalf of the Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Training Program, funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc. of New York, we are pleased to present this "GITT Kit" for your training purposes. The materials provided here are syntheses of the efforts across the eight project sites funded by this program. This manual provides a step-by-step approach, focusing on lessons learned from the geriatric team experts

We anticipate you will find this kit extremely useful as you work towards improving geriatric interdisciplinary team training at your institution. Visit http://www.gittprogram.org/ for additional resources for GITT materials and products developed by the GITT sites.

The six chapters of this manual provide an overview of the Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Training Program from interdisciplinary team experts on how to develop an action plan to adopt GITT at your institution, structure the clinical and didactic components of an interdisciplinary program and how to evaluate Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Training at your institution.

Click on each chapter title to download a pdf of the chapter

Each of the six topics included in this curriculum guide provide an overview of the topic with learning objectives for the trainees:

Developed by the GITT Nursing Special Interest Group, this clinical preceptor guide provides a useful tool for preceptors in the clinical site. Included in this pocket guide are tips on; the role of the preceptor, microskills for clinical teaching and setting up expectations for student performance.

This pocket-sized card created by the GITT Medicine Special Interest Group features quick tips for team members. Included in this card are: eight principles of successful teamwork, the seven step meeting process, how to be an effective team, member guidelines for using different conflict-handling styles.