2. SCHOLARS AND
LEADERS IN
INTERPROFESSIONAL
GERIATRICS
Goal: To enable health science students interested
in geriatrics to acquire attitudes, values and
competencies necessary for practicing
comprehensive, patient- and family-centered
geriatric care as part of interprofessional teams in a
variety of health care settings.
June 26, 2018 to August 3, 2018
3. SCHOLARS AND LEADERS IN
INTERPROFESSIONAL GERIATRICS
Expectations and Time Commitment: Fellows met on the scheduled class days
and had an estimated equal amount of preparatory and reflective work each week.
This work included: assigned readings, watching online video modules, preparing
for an in-class debate, preparing and writing a final paper and presentation for the
âSLIG Showcaseâ.
College of Nursing
College of Medicine
College of Pharmacology
School of Public Health
College of Social Work
College of Applied Health Science
4. ESSENTIAL VI:
INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION FOR IMPROVING PATIENT AND POPULATION HEALTH
OUTCOMES
âą Ethics In Healthcare
âą Working Effectively In An
Interprofessional Medical Team
5. ESSENTIAL V:
HEALTH CARE POLICY FOR ADVOCACY IN HEALTH
âą Methadone Clinic, Peoria, IL
âą High Geriatric Population
âą Complex Care Management
6. ESSENTIAL II:
ORGANIZATIONAL AND SYSTEMS LEADERSHIP FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND SYSTEMS THINKING
âą Norwood Park Senior Center
âą State of the art exercise facility
âą Computer Lab
âą Dining Room
âą Lunch Served Daily
âą Monthly Medication Screens
âą Monthly Health Education
8. SCHOLARLY PAPER
âOpioid Misuse and the Aging
Population: How Health
Professionals Can Deliver
Appropriate Intervention and
Treatmentâ
87% of Older Adults See A
Physician Regularly
Health Professionals are the Least
Source of Substance Abuse
Referrals
U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, 2012
Photo Courtesy of Human Service Center, Inc
10. REFERENCES
âą Dunbar-Jacob, J., Natvig, D.G., & Khalil, H. (2013). Impact of the Doctor of Nursing
Practice education in shaping health care systems for the future. Journal of Nursing
Education 52, 423-427. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20130719-03.
âą Quad Council Coalition Competency Review Task Force. (2018). Community/public
health nursing competencies. Retrieved
from http://www.quadcouncilphn.org/documents-3/2018-qcc-competencies/
âą U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration. (2012). Substance abuse among older adults Treatment
Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 26. HHS Publication No. (SMA) 12-3918.
Retrieved from:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK64419/pdf/Bookshelf_NBK64419.pdf