MAGEC's Plan for 2010-2015
We would like to announce to our many loyal community partners and
friends in the healthcare professions that... MAGEC has been awarded
a new cooperative agreement with HRSA for the next five years until
2015! To those professionals that are new to this website and who are
seeking cutting-edge education and training in the ever-changing world
of geriatrics, let this be an introduction to the "wonderful world
of MAGEC."
After nearly 22 years MAGEC continues to be successful in educating
healthcare professionals in the field of geriatrics and will now extend
that reach throughout our new 10-county service area to include Monroe,
Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, Brevard,
Volusia, and Glades counties. You can expect to find some
of the best of our educational components of the past...combined with
some new topics, ideas, technologies, and delivery systems. Our mission,
however, remains the same: To be a world-class, comprehensive, multidisciplinary,
culturally- diverse Geriatric Education Center for the healthcare professionals
of Florida.
MAGEC's New Initiatives for 2010-2015:
Over the next five years, MAGEC will embark on the following initiatives:
- Conduct an annually updated Interprofessional Geriatric Team Training
Conference (IGT) that will provide up to 20 continuing education units
for a variety of healthcare professionals including, but not limited
to, physicians, nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists,
nursing home administrators, pharmacists, psychologists, guardians,
and social workers.
- Educate interdisciplinary practitioners about the assessment and
treatment of compulsive gambling in the older population.
- Develop and disseminate interprofessional curricula related to End-of-Life
Care and Recognition of Dementia, Delirium, and Depression for Long
Term Care (LTC) facility staff.
- Educate healthcare professionals on cultural sensitivity and competence
in interpersonal communications (CS/CIC).
- Develop and implement 160-hour Interprofessional Faculty Training.
- Increase the awareness and use of evidence-based health promotion
programs, specifically, falls prevention and chronic disease self-management
in the community.
- Provide multidisciplinary education on Elder Abuse, Neglect and
Exploitation to healthcare professionals.
- Develop "Transitional Care" training materials and conduct
interprofessional team training.
- Deliver a "Consumer Health Informatics" Conference for
geriatric healthcare professionals.
- Improve mental health services for older adults, including the development
of a course on disaster and emergency preparedness for older adults.
- Collaborate with the Center on Aging to establish and implement
a Continuing Education Certificate Program in Gerontology for community
healthcare professionals and paraprofessionals.
MAGEC FACULTY AND STAFF:
Edwin J. Olsen, M.D., M.B.A., J.D.
Director
Jean Sherman, Ed.D., R.N.
Associate Director
Jose Guillermo Melo
Program Manager
Nadege Louis-Jeune, B.S.
Project Coordinator
Kathia Fermin
Staff Associate
Carmen Bou-Crick, M.S.L.S.
Webmaster
Librarian Assistant Professor & Head
Pomerance Library & Resource Center
NOTE: We continue to expand our mailing list for our electronic
newsletter and announcements. If you wish to be added to this
list, please send a message with your Name, Institution, Title, Address,
Telephone, and email to magec@med.miami.edu.
Thanks! We look forward to hearing from you!
GERIATRIC NEEDS ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE
To help us better understand your geriatric continuing education needs,
please take the time to complete this online Geriatric Needs Assessment
Questionnaire. The information collected will be used by the Miami Area
Geriatric Education Center (MAGEC) for research, program design, and
reporting purposes.
About MAGEC:
MAGEC provides Continuing Education for the following disciplines:
Audiology, Long-Term Care Administration, Case Management, Medicine,
Nutrition, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Optometry, Pharmacy, Physical
Therapy, Podiatric Medicine, Psychology, Social Work, Mental Health
Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy, Speech Pathology, and Professional
Guardianship.
MAGEC is funded through Health Resources and Services Administration,
the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and the Department
of Veterans Affairs and is a member of the National
Association of Geriatric Education Centers.
Products and Programs offered by MAGEC:
- Falls Prevention
- End of Life Issues/Ethics
- Healthy Older People 2020
- Elder Health Care Issues
- Aging in Place
- Contemporary Medicine and Aging
- Elder Abuse and Mistreatment
- Disaster Preparedness for the Aging
- Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia
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- Intensive Geriatric Training: A 40-hour comprehensive interprofessional
geriatric team training program for healthcare providers and practitioners
from 15 different health disciplines. The first 20-hour session, offered
over three days in the summer, introduces participants to an interdisciplinary
team approach to primary geriatric care. The second 20-hour session,
offered in the Fall and Spring over three days, is discipline-specific.
Subject emphasis will vary with each discipline.
- Distance Learning will soon be available from MAGEC! Due to increased
time demands on practitioners, we recognize that it is not always
possible for you to attend live, didactic conferences. To accommodate
travel and time constraints, MAGEC will be offering geriatric courses
for CEU credits on our website, as well as through real-time and archived
videoconferences and webinars.
- MAGEC also offers individualized training courses tailored to an
institution's specific educational needs. MAGEC has developed partnerships
with hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities for
this purpose.
- MAGEC publishes a quarterly newsletter, MAGEC Moments.
It contains timely informative articles for geriatric healthcare professionals,
as well as a calendar of our upcoming events.
- The Aging Game is reported by participants to be one of our most
impactful activities. It is an interactive simulation training that
teaches through experience. It may be adapted for any size group and
conducted in any setting. Click
here for additional information.
To see our Geriatric Resources Online Click
Here.
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