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Duke Geriatrics Education Center (GEC): 2010-2015. Duke GEC. Establish the Duke Interprofessional Geriatrics Education Resource Hub Develop IP faculty educators Enroll IP learners in didactic and clinical teaching
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Duke GEC • Establish the Duke Interprofessional Geriatrics Education Resource Hub • Develop IP faculty educators • Enroll IP learners in didactic and clinical teaching • Engage in initiatives to improve care for older adults with or at risk for delirium
“Geriatrics Education Hub” • Teachers and learners access materials, methods and minds • Built on faculty expertise • Available through website and F2F encounters • Framework: • Foundations for Practice • Clinical applications • Practice improvement
Established organizational structure • Leadership team • Needs assessment • Evaluation • Technology • Working teams: • Team 1: Foundations in Practice • Team 2: Clinical applications • Team 3: Performance improvement
Teams • Team 1: Review/disseminate resources on delirium • Resource reviews • Web availability • Team 2: Link more learners across professions to more locations • Delirium Teaching Rounds • Outreach to SNF’s • Team 3: Facilitate performance improvement in the recognition of delirium
Learners engaged Total= 744 learners/ 10 professions PA students (74) Nursing: ABSN students (129) GRNs: Cohort 6 (38) APRNs (4) MD Fellows in Geriatrics, Geropsychiatry and Dentistry (12) Internal Medicine residents (191) Medical Students (114) Faculty (67) Pharmacy: Geri pharmacy residents (4) Pharmacy students (15) Physical therapy DPT students (75) Others: Social work, nutrition, speech therapy, health education, administration
Evaluation • Learners accessing resources, attending conferences, completing modules • Measure completion/retention via post-test • Learners working in clinical settings • Log of learners and cases • Performance improvement projects • Descriptions of projects and participants • Changing practice • Chart reviews on clinical units
Key points/questions • Much enthusiasm and energy • Complex, hard work • Small steps, big progress • Questions: • Linking to community-- opportunities? • Reaching a wider audience– technology? • Improving care—next steps?