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SURGICAL AND RELATED MEDICAL SPECIALTIES CALL FOR PROPOSALS GERIATRICS EDUCATION FOR SPECIALTY RESIDENTS (GESR) TARGET SPECIALTIES:
Proposals Must Be Received by March 31, 2003 PURPOSE The American Geriatrics Society (AGS), through a program funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation entitled Increasing Expertise in Geriatrics for Surgical and Related Medical Specialties, seeks proposals for specialty-specific initiatives from academic training centers to develop, initiate and evaluate programs designed to increase education for residents in the geriatrics aspect of their disciplines. This program is co-directed for the AGS by Dr. David H. Solomon and Dr. John R. Burton. BACKGROUND The overall project addresses the urgent need to create a structure for developing leaders in geriatrics in academic surgery and related medical specialties. The Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents (GESR) program allows interested specialists to work in collaboration with the geriatrics program in their institution, thereby enhancing their knowledge and skills in teaching geriatrics principles to specialist residents. In June 2000, the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society published a special article entitled, "A Statement of Principles: Toward Improved Care of Older Patients in Surgical and Medical Specialties." The statement, developed by leaders from each of the ten specialties targeted under this initiative, has appeared in a number of participating specialty publications, setting forth the demographic and work force issues that will impact on the provision of health care to older adults in the coming decades. To meet this demand the "Statement" presented a set of objectives and recommendations for achieving them. (The complete "Statement of Principles" may be found online at http://www.americangeriatrics.org/education/statement.pdf.) The Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents Program has been created as a response to the recommendation that we must "take steps to assure that specialty residency programs adopt specific learning objectives and curricula in geriatric care as part of a targeted effort to enhance residents' knowledge, skills and attitudes relevant to care of the older patient." in order to "Improve dissemination of new clinical research findings in geriatrics into the surgical and medical specialties." PARTICIPATION Proposals must be from institutions that have well developed academic programs in the applicant disciplines and in geriatrics. The proposal should be submitted by a member of the department in the specialty. Departments may submit one application. Institutions may submit more than one application. However, only one proposal from an institution will be funded. FINANCIAL SUPPORT Two-year grants of $16,000 per year will be awarded to institutions that demonstrate in their proposals the most promise for success. No funds will be provided in support of indirect costs. Timetable March 31, 2003: Deadline for receipt of completed applications May 30, 2003: Announcement of the second cohort of programs selected July 1, 2003: Start of the Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents (GESR) program 2001-2003 Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents (GESR) Program Awardees Anesthesiology Program: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Program Director: Fredrick E. Sieber, MD Geriatrician: Colleen Christmas, MD Program: University of California- San Francisco Program Director: Jeanine Wiener-Kronish, MD Geriatrician: William Lyons, MD Emergency Medicine Program: Emory University School of Medicine Program Director: Lisa Mack, MD Geriatrician: Joseph Ouslander, MD Program: Mount Sinai School of Medicine Program Director: Darrell Sandel, MD Geriatrician: Rosanne Liepzig, MD, Barbara Paris, MD General Surgery Program: East Carolina University Program Director: Sherralyn S. Cox, PhD Geriatrician: Kenneth Steinweg, MD Program: UCLA Program Director: Clifford Y. Ko, MD Geriatrician: Joshua Chodosh, MD, MSHS, Allison Moore, MD, MPH Program: University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry Program Director: James V. Sitzmann, MD Geriatrician: Paul Katz, MD Program: Yale University School of Medicine Program Director: Ronnie Rosenthal, MD Geriatrician: Margaret Drickamer, MD Gynecology Program: Hackensack University Medical Center/UMDNJ Program Director: Michael Petriella, MD Geriatrician: Knight Steel, MD Program: University of Alabama at Birmingham Program Director: Holly E. Richter Geriatrician: Andrew Duxbury, MD Program: University of Utah Health Sciences Center Program Director: Karen L. Miller, MD Geriatrician: Gerald Rothstein, MD Ophthalmology Program: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Program Director: Gary N. Foulks, MD, FACS Geriatrician: Hollis Day, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Program: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Program Director: Richard Fisher, MD Geriatrician: Jeff Wallace, MD Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Program: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Program Director: Jonathan Bean, MD Geriatrician: Hilary Siebens, MD Urology Program: University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Program Director: George W. Drach, MD Geriatrician: Mary Ann Forciea, MD INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICANTS The budget may include portions of salary for a specialist faculty member, a geriatrics faculty member or both, as well as costs for educational materials, guest lecturers, relevant travel, and attendance at geriatrics-related meetings. Other proposed budget items should be explicitly justified as contributory to the success of the initiative.
ABOUT THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY The American Geriatrics Society, The Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 801, New York City, NY 10118 ABOUT THE JOHN A. HARTFORD FOUNDATION The John A. Hartford Foundation, 55 East 59th Street, New York City, New York 10022 |
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