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Health care workforce development in rural America
— when geriatrics expertise is 100 miles away | | Author(s) | Nina Tumosa, Kathy J Horvath, Terri Huh |
| Journal title | Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, vol 33, no 2, April-June 2012 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, April-June 2012 |
| Pages | pp 133-151 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Health [elderly] ; General practice ; Education ; Training [welfare work] ; Quality ; Competence ; Doctors ; Medical workers ; United States of America ; Rural areas. |
| Annotation | The Geriatric Scholar Program (GSP) is a Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) workforce development programme to infuse geriatrics competencies in primary care. This multimodal educational programme is targeted to primary care providers and ancillary staff who work in VA's rural clinics. GSP consists of didactic education and training in geriatrics and gerontology and in quality improvement (QI) and support to implement a local QI project; in addition, elective options include webinars, audio conferences, clinical practica, and mentoring. The programme is effective in improving core competencies in geriatrics and in improving clinical care for older veterans who receive health care in rural clinics. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130208205 A |
| Classmark | BG: CC: L5: V: QW: 59: DPB: QT2: QT: 7T: RL |
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