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Integrating Geriatrics into the Specialties of Internal Medicine:
Moving Forward from Awareness to Action
ASP Awards $15,000 Grants to Five Internal Medicine Specialty Societies
In 2007, 2008, and 2009 the Association of Specialty Professors (ASP) will fund five $15,000 projects from a strong pool of proposals from internal medicine specialty societies. These grants are funded by the ASP project, “Integrating Geriatrics into the Specialties of Internal Medicine: Moving Forward from Awareness to Action,” through a $2.6 million grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation.
Members and staff from each of the five funded specialty societies will complete activities related to their selected grant proposals. Grants were provided to the following societies:
Societies Awarded in 2008
- The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition, on behalf of the AGA Institute (AGAI), will hold a geriatric lecture in conjunction with AGAI’s annual meeting, Digestive Disease Week® (DDW). The lectures, aimed at enhancing clinical care efforts focused on the geriatric patient as well as improving geriatric education during gastroenterology fellowship training will be captured digitally and will be made available to members via the AGAI Web site.
- The American Society for Hematology will hold a workshop on Myeolodysplastic Syndrome (MDS): Creating a Research Agenda in Washington, DC in October 2008. The workshop will propose a format for the research that is needed and begin the process of creating a long-term research program for studying and treating MDS in elderly population. An anticipated outcome of the workshop is a request for applications or program announcement from the National Institutes of Health.
- The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) will develop a curriculum that addresses aging and the kidney around the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education ACGME’s six core competencies. The curriculum will be available on the ASN website for fellowship training program directors. Training program directors will have access to this information to use as a resource for fellows beginning with the 2009-2010 fellowship year.
- The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) will create a concise summary of the IDSA symposium entitled, “CMS and the Practice of ID,” which will be presented at the 2008 annual meeting. The summary will include important messages and strategies to help improve physicians’ understanding of three topics: Medicare Part D: Coverage of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) and HIV medications, Non-payment for hospital-acquired infections, and Pay for Performance. The summary will be printed on a pocket card and will also be written in a review article format made available on the internet.
- The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) will expand and continue its Distinguished Professors in Geriatrics symposium at the SGIM 32nd Annual Meeting. Entitled: “Reaching out to Trainees and Junior Faculty through the Distinguished Professor in Geriatrics Program,” the symposium will support geriatrics-focused research and educational topics by junior faculty, fellows, and residents, and introducing a skills station in geriatrics for meeting attendees.
Previous Awards
Societies Awarded in 2007
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