Dissemination of Hartford/AAMC Geriatric Education Models: Leveraging Further Change and Preparing f

Grant Summary

Since 2000, the Foundation has worked with the Association of American Medical Colleges to increase the quality and amount of geriatrics in the four years of undergraduate medical education. With this grant, the Association will continue to encourage the spread of geriatrics education and to make available the products developed under prior awards. The project's activities will include hosting a consensus conference on geriatrics education in medical schools and transferring Hartford-funded educational tools to a high-traffic geriatrics education Web site created by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation (www.POGOe.org). The Foundation previously supported 40 medical schools through the Association to increase geriatrics in undergraduate medical education. A survey of all graduating medical students demonstrated the rapid rise in perceived competence in the care of older patients and satisfaction with geriatrics education at participating schools compared to non-participating schools. Many powerful education models were developed to produce this change, including sophisticated problem-based learning cases, senior mentor programs and online training modules.