Students with an interest in geriatrics participate in an informal program to receive career mentoring in geriatrics and to develop educational programs on  topics related to geriatric medicine. GM club members may  spend additional time doing electives in geriatrics at OU-COM and/or take advantage of external opportunities such as the AFAR Medical Student Geriatric Scholars Program, the Edinburgh Geriatrics Tutorial, and the Summer Institute in Geriatrics at Boston University Medical Center.

Officers were: President Colleen Wirtz; Vice President, Addie Patterson; Secretary/Treasurer, Heather Liebherr

• 50's Sock Hop  at Kimes Nursing Home.

• Monthly pen pal letters with Hickory Creek nursing home

• Edinburgh Tutorial Presentation

• Glaucoma screenings throughout the year in Athens and surrounding counties

Officers were: President, Katie Wehri; Vice President/Treasurer: Mike Schilb 

• Dr. Marlene Wager presented on OMM for the elderly. She practices Family Practice and Geriatric Medicine in Lewisburg, West Virginia.
• Members participated in two of three Rural Senior Health Outreaches.
• Nicholas Pfleghaar, Class of 2009, presented during a noon luncheon on August 14, 2007. Topic: Brain Death and Organ Donations.

Highlights of 2006-2007

Officers of the Geriatric Medicine Club for 2006-07 were: Katherine Ritchey, president; Maria Streng, VP/secretary, Leslie Keller, treasurer.

• Review of in-home biometric monitoring device
• Who takes Care of the Caregivers?: February 8, 2007, from 5-8
• Edinburgh Tutorial Presentation January 26, 2007 at noon.
• Rebecca Jackson, Current Clinical Concerns and Treatments of Osteoporosis, Oct. 18, 2007.

• Senior Health Outreach/Screening

• BP Screening

• Ping Center Health Fair Geriatric Information Booth

• Relay for Life Cancer Informational Booth

• Nursing Homes:
• Nursing home Holiday Card decoration and visit

Highlights of 2005-2006

Officers of the Geriatric Medicine Club for 2005-06 were: Lauren Wasson, president; secretary, Sean Carlson, secretary/treasurer. The Club provides networking opportunities for students with an interest in the health care of older adults.  The following is a listing of the meetings and club activities held during the year.

• Middle School Health and Science Fair (November)

• Noon Lecture: Why be a Geriatrician? by Dr. Tracy Marx, D.O.

• Edinburgh Tutorial Presentation

• Co-sponsor Policy Puzzle-Medicare/Medicaid lecture

• Co-sponsor Valentine’s to Veterans

• Co-sponsor OUCOM Annual Medicine Run/Health Fair (April)

• Dunbar Middle School visit (April)

• Advanced Directive lecture and role play with Dr. Mary Fry

• Rural Senior Health Fair in New Lexington.

Highlights of 2004-2005

Officers of the Geriatric Medicine Club for 2003-04 were: Rachel Liptak, president, Cecilia Hansen, vice president, Marisa Wynne, secretary/treasurer. The following is a listing of the meetings and club activities held during the year.

• Middle School Health and Science Fair

• Noon Lecture: Why be a Geriatrician? by Dr. Carlsen

• Advance directives and power of attorney

• Study Buddy Care Package Fundraiser

• BP Screening at Ponderosa

• Co-sponsor of Noon Presentation: Death and Dying

• Edinburgh presentations

• May: Dinner Presentation: OMM and Geriatrics by Dr. Marlene Wagner, OMM in the Geriatric Population

• Hospice panel: family members and providers

Highlights of 2003-2004:

The OU-COM Geriatric Medicine Club was involved in many activities during the 2003-2004 year.

We hosted a presentation on the Edinburgh Tutorial; students who studied in Scotland talked about the program and their experiences.

We visited local nursing homes and medical students with musical talents played for the residents. We also collected presents for the residents and distributed them at Christmas.

We invited a speaker to talk about and demonstrate OMM in the geriatric population.

A geriatrician was invited to one of our general meetings to give an interesting case presentation.

We hosted a Policy Puzzle on Medicare. The speakers talked of the history of Medicare and the challenges it faces today.

We organized and conducted a blood pressure screening in a local community.

We hosted noon-time lectures entitled: “Falls in Older People: A Systematic Approach to Management” and “Culture and Medicine”.