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FD~AGE Mini-Fellowship Program brochure (PDF)

Application form for the Donald W. Reynolds FD~AGE Mini-Fellowship Progam at UCLA (PDF)

Course Overview

Upcoming program dates: June 25-27 and October 22-24, 2008

The Mini-Fellowship Program at UCLA provides an innovative curriculum in medical education and advanced geriatrics teaching skills through experience, training and personal mentorship. The program targets clinician-educators who have teaching appointments in internal medicine, family medicine and other subspecialties that encounter a large number of elderly patients with common geriatric conditions.

The program is divided into four specific fellowship tracks (Generalist, Hospitalist, Palliative Care and Skilled Nursing Facility), each track geared toward improving participants' knowledge of and skills for integrating principles of geriatrics into their current roles and responsibilities as clinician-educators.

FREE enrollment for eligible participants. Must have a medical license (MD, DO, etc..), a faculty/teaching appointment and limited geriatric training. Meals are provided for all three days.

Topics include: Pain Management, Advanced Care Planning, Breaking Bad News, Delirium and Dementia, Polypharmacy in the Elderly and much more.
Interactive sessions include: standardized patient assessment, standardized student simulation, one-minute precepting, developing platform skills and problem based learning.

About the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation
The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation is a national philanthropic organization founded in 1954 by the late media entrepreneur for whom it is named. Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, it is one of the 50 largest private foundations in the United States. The Foundation launched its “Aging and Quality of Life Program” in 1996. Its goal remains improving the quality of life for America’s elderly.

About the UCLA Multicampus Program in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
The Donald W. Reynolds FD~AGE Program at UCLA falls under the umbrella of UCLA’s Multicampus Program in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (MPGMG). Since its inception over 25 years ago, the MPGMG has been recognized as a leader in providing clinical care, offering training and instruction for health professionals, and conducting research aimed at improving the health and independence of older persons. UCLA’s MPGMG is one of the largest academic geriatrics programs in the world.

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