Developed with funds from the Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents Program:

• Online Geriatric Emergency Medicine Modules. These modules were developed by Fredric M. Hustey, MD, with funds from the GSR program. There are 5 separate modules on the following topics: Inappropriate Prescribing Practices, Altered Mental Status, Geriatric Trauma and Elder Abuse, Pain Management and Procedural Sedation, and Acute Abdominal Pain. Anyone wishing to view the modules must obtain a password first. Please email comet@ccf.org and request access to the Geriatric Emergency Medicine modules. Users are usually able to receive their password via email within 24 hours during the work week.
  
  
• Geriatric Otolaryngology - A training tool developed by Michael M. Johns, MD, with funds from the GSR program.
  
  
• Top Blade - Geriatrics Edition - Developed with the support of a GSR grant from the AGS, and presents case studies in geriatrics preparing surgeons to meet the needs of their older patients.
  
  
• Outcomes of Complex Reconstruction in the Elderly Curriculum in Geriatrics for Orthopedic Specialist - Educator’s Guide - by Charles Cornell, MD
  
  
• Outcomes of Complex Reconstruction in the Elderly Curriculum in Geriatrics for Orthopedic Specialist - PowerPoint - by Charles Cornell, MD
  
  
• Allegaert Case Presentation - by Charles Cornell, MD
  
  
• Treatment of Venous Stasis Ulcers presentation - by Charles Cornell, MD

Other Resources:

• Clinical Case Study - A case written by Myron Miller, MD which includes the ten specialties in the GSI project.
  
  
• Practicing Physician Education in Geriatrics - Tool kits to help physicians better understand the common 'Geriatric Syndromes,' developed for the Practicing Physician Education Project supported by a grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation through the American Geriatrics Society.
  
  
• Geriatrics at Your Fingertips (GAYF) - A pocket guide that provides immediate access to specific information needed to care for older adults in various health care settings. In this 9th edition, we have added new sections on abdominal aortic aneurysm, dyspnea, euthyroid sick syndrome, knee pain and prostatitis, and have completely revised the CMS guidance on unnecessary drugs in nursing homes, based on new guidelines released in December 2006. The goal of GAYF is to reduce to a minimum the amount of time that a practicing clinician must spend searching for specific information that is needed immediately to make patient care decisions.
  
  
• POGOe - A geriatric education online clearinghouse. POGO provides high quality educational materials for practicing physicians, clinician educators and physicians in training.
  
  
• AGS Health Links - Links from the American Geriatrics Society's homepage
  
  
• Geriatrics - An online journal which provides resources such as articles, editorials, and exercises focusing on geriatrics.
  
  
• GeriatricWeb - Creates a web-based geriatric digital library to be used in the education of health care professionals and in the clinical care of the older patient.