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Geriatric
Medicine
American
Geriatrics Society
- AGS is a professional organization
dedicated to improving the health and well
being of older adults. The Society's
membership is predominantly physicians,
but anyone with an interest in geriatric
health care can join. Check out their list
of publications, which includes the
"Complete Guide to Aging and Health" and a
practice guideline, "The Management of
Chronic Pain in Older Persons". Source:
AGS
Cyberounds
- This site is produced by interMDnet
Corporation. It offers interactive
grand-rounds style conferneces on a wide
variety of topics. Each conferneces is
moderated by an academic expert, and each
month the moderators post new
presentations. Biographical information
about each topic moderator is readily
available. Conference topics available
include cardiovascular medicine,
rheumatology, geriatrics, health law and
bioethics, and more. Source:
Cyberounds
Geriatrics
in Residency
Training
- This is a link to the John A. Hartford
Foundation Consortium for Geriatrics in
Residency Training web site. From here,
you can view and purchase educational
materials developed through the support of
the John A. Hartford Foundation of New
York City. Materials available include
geriatric curriculum manuals, packaged
methods for teaching geriatric skills,
stand-alone teaching aids, faculty
development program materials, and
residential faculty development courses.
Source: SUGERC
Medscape
- From this site viewers can access
articles on a wide variety of healthcare
and public health issues. You can get a
weekly list of links to recent articles on
topics in a variety of health disciplines,
such as internal medicine, nursing,
pharmacy, cardiology, diabetes and
endocrinology, and more, delivered to you
via email. Access to the articles is free,
but viewers are required to
register.
Society
for Geriatric
Cardiology
- A link to SGC's three position papers on
risk factor management in older adults.
The papers are written for a lay audience
so that physicians can copy and share them
with their patients. Source:
SGC
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