Programs

The UCSF AGRC administers several aging education and research initiatives on the UCSF campus. New and ongoing AGRC-funded programs are identified and implemented in consultation and collaboration with AGRC faculty and committees. Many courses and programs which were initiated through the AGRC over the past twenty years have now been institutionalized, enabling AGRC faculty and staff to focus on three core elements during the current funding period.

AGRC Initiatives for 2003-2006:

1) Expanding the AGRC’s capacity to support aging education and research in geriatrics at UCSF

This AGRC initative supports educational programs for UCSF students and faculty and the community, including UCSF Geriatrics Grand Rounds and the continued development and updating of the UCSF AGRC Online Curriculum . The AGRC is also a co-sponsor of the community education programs of the UCSF Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). The AGRC hosts several OLLI courses throughout the year on health-focused issues of interest to the public, where attendees can learn from and ask questions of experts about their concerns related to such topics.

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2) Interdisciplinary Faculty Development: The Geriatrics Faculty Scholars Program

This interdisciplinary faculty development program in geriatrics is designed to increase geriatrics knowledge and clinical care skills for faculty in institutions of higher education throughout Northern California. The Geriatrics Faculty Scholars Program is a joint initiative of the UCSF AGRC and the Northern California Geriatric Education Center (NorCal GEC), a consortium based at UCSF.

More information about the Geriatrics Faculty Scholars program can be found at the NorCal GEC website.

3) Interdisciplinary Team Training (ITT) Course in Geriatrics

This is a six-week geriatric ITT experience for UCSF dental, medical, nursing, pharmacy, and physical therapy students based in UCSF Housecalls, a home-based primary care service for homebound elders in San Francisco. The course gives students an overview of discipline-specific geriatric content, emphasizing the importance of the interdisciplinary team approach to providing quality care for older adults. Students also participate in interdisciplinary home visits to elders in San Francisco where they learn some of the assessment tools and simple treatment interventions used by each of the five disciplines represented in the course. They are also exposed to the unique challenges and opportunities of providing care at home.

UCSF AGRC Interdisciplinary Team Training Coursepage