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Geriatrics
Scholars
Program
Ger
iatr
icia
n ad
viso
r
Ger
iatr
icia
n-su
perv
ised
A
mbu
lato
ry C
are
Expe
rien
ce
and/
or A
dvan
ced
Phys
ical
D
iagn
osis
(A
PD)
expe
rien
ce
Ger
iatr
ics
Jour
nal C
lub
Sum
mer
ext
erns
hip
oppo
rtun
ities
with
ger
iatr
ic
popu
latio
ns
Lead
ersh
ip o
ppor
tuni
ties
Incr
ease
d co
mpe
titiv
enes
s fo
r re
side
ncy
appl
icat
ions
Benefits for Geriatrics
Scholars
A n
ew p
rogr
am fo
r a
sele
ct fe
w
med
ical
stu
dent
s.
The Geriatrics Scholars
Program
at MU In
spir
ing
Ch
all
en
gin
g
Re
wa
rdin
g
T he U.S. faces critical health
care sho
rtages fo
r the m
ore
than 78 million baby
boom
ers who are now
reaching age 65. In fact, the propo
rtion
of th
e po
pulatio
n aged 65 years an
d olde
r is projected to in
crease from
12.4% in 2000 to 19.6% in 2030.
1
Ger
iatr
ics:
It’s
Not
Just
for
Ger
iatr
icia
ns
The need fo
r compa
ssiona
te and
compe
tent
physicians w
ho are
know
ledg
eable
abou
t caring for
olde
r patients is
more critical tha
n ever. W
ith th
e exception of
pediatrician
s, all
physicians w
ill be treatin
g ever‐
greater n
umbers of elders. T
he
University of M
issouri is committed to
prep
aring ou
r med
ical stude
nts for
tomorrow’s patients. Tha
t’s w
hy w
e created the Geriatrics Scho
lars
Prog
ram.
New
in 2011
Geriatrics Scholars Program
at the University of Missouri
App
lyin
g t
o th
e G
eria
tric
s Sc
hola
rs
Pro
gram
M1s w
ho are enrolled in th
e Heyssel‐STE
P prog
ram
and the Geriatrics Interest
Group w
ho seek ad
ditio
nal
expe
riences in geriatric
med
icine are welcome to
apply to th
e prog
ram.
There is a com
petitive
application process
includ
ing interviews with
faculty
. Interested stude
nts can
learn more du
ring a spe
cial m
eetin
g to be held
during Block 1.
How
the
Ger
iatr
ics
Scho
lars
Pro
gram
W
orks
Stud
ents w
ho are accep
ted into th
e prog
ram w
ill be
assign
ed a geriatrician ad
visor w
ho w
ill w
ork with
them th
roug
hout th
eir m
edical schoo
l training an
d ov
ersee expe
riences with older patients.
Four
-yea
r E
xper
ienc
e In add
ition to th
e usua
l curriculum, G
eriatrics
Scho
lars w
ill have a four‐year e
xperience that offe
rs
extra mentoring from M
U geriatricians,
oppo
rtun
ities to sha
dow clin
icians caring for e
lderly
patie
nts, encou
nters at th
e Senior Assessm
ent
Geriatric Evaluation Clin
ic, and abu
ndan
t research
and lead
ership opp
ortunitie
s with
in th
e realm of
geriatrics.
Yea
r 1
Re
ceive a geriatrician adv
isor.
Ta
ke part in the Geriatrics Journa
l Club
(years one through four)
Pa
rticipate in a sum
mer externship
expe
rience w
ith a large geriatric
popu
latio
n
Yea
r 2
Have an Ambu
latory Care Ex
periences
(ACE) and
/or Adv
anced Ph
ysical
Diagn
osis (A
PD) exp
erience un
der a
geriatrician
’s sup
ervision
Ta
ke on lead
ership ro
les with
in th
e Heyssel‐STE
P prog
ram and Geriatrics
Interest Group
Yea
r 3
Ta
ke on a lead
ership ro
le in th
e Geriatrics Journa
l Club
Yea
r 4
Ta
ke electives in geriatrics
Re
ceive a lette
r ackno
wledg
ing
participation in th
e Geriatrics Scho
lar
prog
ram fo
r stude
nt file and ERA
S ap
plications.
For
mor
e in
form
atio
n or
to
appl
y, c
onta
ct P
eggy
Gra
y in
the
In
terd
isci
plin
ary
Cen
ter
on A
ging
: 573
-884
-333
7;
gray
m@
heal
th.m
isso
uri.e
du.
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. Cen
sus
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au. I
nter
natio
nal d
atab
ase.
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Geriatrics Scholars
Program
Timeline
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