D. Swagerty et al., Preliminary report from the Kansas Hartford Geriatrics Project: A model ofcommunity university collaboration in geriatric medicine faculty development, J AM GER SO, 48(11), 2000, pp. 1513-1518
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Public Health & Health Care Science","General & Internal Medicine
OBJECTIVES: This paper describes the development, implementation, and parti
cipant satisfaction of a faculty development program for community-based cl
inician educators with competencies in geriatric medicine.
DESIGN: One group, ongoing trial.
SETTING: University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas.
PARTICIPANTS: Family physicians and general internists from throughout the
state of Kansas (n = 30).
INTERVENTION: This is an integrated faculty development curriculum of clini
cal geriatrics and educational process offered in nine sessions over 3 year
s.
MEASUREMENTS: Project retention, session attendance, and participant satisf
action are the measures of program success.
MAIN RESULTS: Project retention at 18 months, the midpoint of this project,
has been 87%, with 91% of the retained participants attending all of the s
essions to date. More than 95% of the participants have rated each of the f
irst five sessions as highly satisfactory or excellent in meeting their nee
ds as a clinician educator. Satisfaction for on-site and interactive televi
deo participation has been equally high.
CONCLUSIONS: Our preliminary results indicate the Kansas Hartford Geriatric
s Project model of community-university collaboration in geriatric faculty
development is successful in recruitment and satisfaction of participants.
The curriculum is highly attractive and rewarding to faculty. Interactive t
elevideo provides a successful innovation in aging-oriented faculty develop
ment.