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2011 Salt Fork October
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Consortium of Ohio Geriatric Academic Programs (COGAP)
For over 20 years, Ohio General Assembly (Ohio
Revised Code Section 3333.111) has funded the seven
Offices of Geriatric Medicine (OGMs) ensuring that
all Ohio medical students receive a solid base of
knowledge, attitudes and skills to competently care
for older adults. The seven state supported medical
schools developed The Consortium of Ohio Geriatric
Academic Programs (COGAP) to provide a network of
resources in geriatric medical education. Through
COGAP, the geriatric medicine programs developed and
implemented core goals and objectives for geriatric
education. These goals and objectives were adopted
statewide with each school pursuing its own
implementation pathway. Significant diversity exists
among the Ohio medical schools in regard to
curricular design, available resources and even
clinical settings. OGM faculty and staff work
collaboratively to maximize limited academic and
clinical resources by sharing innovative curriculum,
student research opportunities and faculty
expertise. |
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| COGAP
also focuses on the continuing education needs of
community-based primary care physicians who care for
older adults. Since 1989, COGAP has sponsored an
annual conference at Salt Fork State Park that
provided clinical updates on a variety of topics
related to the practical management of older adults.
The conferences required a high level of commitment
and collaboration in planning and enhanced the
statewide network for geriatric medicine,
facilitated new linkages between community
physicians and faculty from the medical schools, and
fostered the formation of special interest groups
such as The Ohio Geriatrics Society and an Ohio
Chapter of the American Medical Directors
Association. Program evaluations of these
conferences have remained consistently high. Due to
financial constraints the conference is moving from
an annual to biennial and will be held again in
2006. |
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| COGAP
members established four common goals and core
objectives essential to their mission of providing
geriatric medical. Each office incorporates its own
strengths into their approach of these goals. The
current goals and core objectives of COGAP are as
follows. |
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COGAP Goals and Objectives |
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Goal
I. Undergraduate Medical Education
Objective 1.
Develop undergraduate curricular content whereby
all Ohio medical students acquire a foundation
in geriatric medicine.
Objective 2. Provide medical students
with learning opportunities in the full spectrum
of environments where geriatric care is provided
with an emphasis on interdisciplinary
approaches.
Objective 3. Expose medical students to
faculty role models who emphasize geriatric
medicine philosophies and provide career
guidance.
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Goal
II. Postgraduate Medical Education
Objective 1.
Serve as a resource to enhance residency
curricular content.
Objective 2. Assist appropriate residency
programs to develop educational experiences in
geriatric clinical teaching sites that reflect
the range of settings.
Objective 3. Share curricular materials
and teaching strategies throughout the state.
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Goal
III. Knowledge Base Enhancement
Objective 1.
Continuing Education for physicians and other
health care professionals.
Objective 2. Assist geriatric focused
faculty to stay abreast of new knowledge through
educational endeavors and research.
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Goals
IV. Outreach and Consultation
Objective 1.
Work collaboratively with COGAP.
Objective 2. Function collaboratively
within COGAP to serve as a resource to other
state supported medical education programs such
as AHEC and family medicine.
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