Geriatrics Recruitment Resources

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Introduction to Geriatrics Recruitment: Opportunities and Challenges

CoE-Affiliated Programs Targeted to Middle School, High School and Undergraduate Students
- The Pennsylvania Governor’s School for Health Care Geriatrics Concentration for High School Students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Year-long Freshman Course on Frontiers in Human Aging: Biomedical, Social, and Policy Perspectives at the University of California, Los Angeles
- Positively Aging® Curriculum for Middle School Students and High School Students at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

CoE Recruitment Approaches Targeted to Medical Students
- Integrated Four-Year Elective Geriatrics Track for Medical Students at Baylor College of Medicine
- Medical Student Summer Institute in Geriatric Medicine at Boston University Medical Center
- Increasing Aging-related Content in the Mandatory Medical Student Curriculum at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
- Medical Student Four-Year Scholarly Concentration in Aging at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
- Introduction to Geriatrics for First-Year Medical Students at Emory University School of Medicine
- Incorporating Geriatrics into the History and Physical Exam for Second-Year Medical Students at Harvard Medical School
- One-Month Chronic Disease Disability: Improving Quality of Life Rotation for Medical Students at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Seniors as Mentors Program at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- Integrated Medical Student Curriculum in Geriatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles
- Mandatory Rotation in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine for Fourth-Year Medical Students at the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii
- Area of Concentration and Geriatrics Certificate Program for Medical Students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Year-end Professional Skills Assessment Geriatrics Case at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
- Aging Organ Systems Curriculum for Second-Year Medical Students at Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- Ambulatory Geriatric Care Rotation for Third-year Medical Students and Internal Medicine Interns at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine

CoE Recruitment Approaches Targeted to Interns and Residents
- Geriatrics Is Your Future: A Regional Resident Recruitment Program at Baylor College of Medicine
- Annual Resident Award Summit at the Southeast Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine (Emory University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham Schools of Medicine)
- Chief Resident Immersion Training in the Care of Older Adults at Boston University School of Medicine
- One-month Rotation in Acute-care Geriatric Medicine for Senior Residents at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles
- First-Year Internal Medicine Resident Training in Transitions of Care from Hospital to Home at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
- Using Resident Applications to Identify and Engage Geriatrics Trainees at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Four-Week Elective in Geriatrics for Internal Medicine Residents at Yale University