Creating the Geriapolis – How a Small Award Can Build a City
Benjamin Rosenstein

TL;DR
A small grant helps build a comprehensive geriatrics education program at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
Contribution
The GACA grant enables the development of vertical and horizontal geriatrics education and collaborations.
Findings
The GACA grant provides time and funding to design new geriatrics curricula.
Collaborations with rural care programs and interprofessional clinics are being established.
Educational initiatives include dementia, delirium, and long-term care training.
Abstract
The University of Minnesota Medical School has no geriatrics focused training such as rotations, clinics, or a fellowship program. Additionally, we have limited geriatrics teaching faculty. The time and money necessary to develop geriatrics education in medicine, and collaborations with interdisciplinary health professions schools, does not exist. Unless it is mandated by a grant. My GACA is aimed at overcoming the long-standing barriers to furthering geriatrics education and care at our institution. The GACA provides me with the time and finances necessary to develop and design new curriculum and establish collaborations. I aim to develop geriatrics education vertically (from medical school to practice) and horizontally (across health professions), creating a foundation for ongoing geriatrics education where it had not previously existed. This presentation will highlight the challenges…
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Taxonomy
TopicsAging and Gerontology Research · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Biomedical and Engineering Education
