Goals
The Mountain State Geriatric Education Center brings together health care educators and professionals, representatives of managed care organizations, policy makers, and service providers, to develop a geriatric education infrastructure that addresses the educational and training requirements of the evolving managed health care delivery system. The network utilizes a variety of communications media for the purpose of geriatrics education information dissemination and to strengthen professional collaborative relations among the growing community of scholars.
The MSGEC has three primary goals:
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Network Development
Establish a geriatrics education network infrastructure to improve geriatric knowledge of health care professionals in West Virginia.
Enhance the MSGEC consortium
Newsletter distribution
Develop a Speakers Bureau
Provide opportunities for sharing geriatric knowledge and skills
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Faculty Development
Develop and implement a structured program of geriatric education to health professions educators and the clinical faculty at West Virginia rural health training sites.
Develop interdisciplinary rural geriatric rotations
Develop geriatric clinical rotations
Enhance geriatric education for health science students
Provide geriatric education at professional development conferences
Sponsor or co-sponsor educational events
Collaborate with other Geriatric Education Centers
Provide distance learning opportunities
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Continuing Education
Provide geriatric continuing education to West Virginia health care professionals and paraprofessionals.
Provide geriatric continuing education programs
Provide distance learning opportunities for continuing education
With the WVU School of Dentistry, provide geriatric education for long term care facilities
Establish speakers bureau and geriatric education clearinghouse
