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Description
The proposed project will focus on implementing an exemplary
interdisciplinary geriatric clinical clerkship for training pharmacy, social work, and physician
assistant students in rural Appalachia. The project proposes to train a total of 66 students in
interdisciplinary geriatric care by placing students with an interdisciplinary geriatric team of
clinical preceptors at White House Clinic in McKee, Kentucky for four to twelve weeks. Students
will work with the team to observe and participate in integrated geriatric assessment and
treatment of rural elderly patients. Students will be exposed to care of the elderly in a variety of
settings, including primary care, home care, sub-acute care, and long-term care. In addition,
students will see elderly patients in a range of health states, trom preventive interventions to
complex chronic care. Students will also have the opportunity to: a) participate in telemedicine
and computer-based educational experiences in order to learn the opportunities these technologies
can provide in a rural environment and b) support the "Kids Into Health Careers" initiative by
providing information to rural disadvantaged school children about career opportunities in the
allied health professions. The proposed project will encourage successful completion of the
intensive geriatric clerkship by carefully selecting students for participation, providing a
comprehensive orientation to the clerkship experience, and incorporating procedures for
continuous faculty interaction with students.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 7/1/00 → 6/30/04 |
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