The Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center (RIGEC)
at the University of Rhode Island
Faculty Development in Geriatrics
Training health professionals to work with older adults in the future depends on a supply of faculty educated to do this in the present. RIGEC has substantial previous experience in designing and implementing two faculty development programs: one that provided 120 hours of training over a two-year period, and a second program that provided 24 hours of focused training on health literacy for tenure line and clinical faculty, including 16 hours of face-to-face workshop training and discussion, with 8 hours of structured independent study and practice.
For this new funding cycle, we will offer a 75-contact hour, interdisciplinary Faculty Development Program in Geriatrics and Gerontology for health professions faculty (academic and clinical), clinical preceptors, and staff trainers and educators in health and human service settings. The new program is scheduled to begin in 2011. Download a program flyer.
The application period for the September 2011 - June 2012 program cycle is now closed. A new program application period will begin next summer.
See the Program Calendar for details on upcoming programs.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Workshop 3: Common Geriatric Syndromes and Legal and Ethical Issues - 2/13/2012
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Workshop 4: Common Geriatric Syndromes and Clinical Management - 4/2/2012
Workshop 5: Patient Care Transitions with Older Adults - 6/4/2012
Thewlis Lecture on Gerontology and Geriatrics: 3/21/2012
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