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G eriatrics S cholars P rogram Geriatrician advisor Geriatrician-supervised Ambulatory Care Experience and/or Advanced Physical Diagnosis (APD) experience Geriatrics Journal Club Summer externship opportunities with geriatric populations Leadership opportunities Increased competitiveness for residency applications Benefits for Geriatrics Scholars A new program for a select few medical students. The Geriatrics Scholars Program at MU Inspiring Challenging Rewarding

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Page 1: eriatrics cholars rogram Scholars...Scholars the from more 78 to million baby boomers patients. who are now reaching age 2000 In fact, is the increase of the population than aged 65

Geriatrics 

Scholars 

Program

 

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Ger

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Jour

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Sum

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ext

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oppo

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with

ger

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Lead

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Benefits for Geriatrics 

Scholars 

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The Geriatrics Scholars 

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Page 2: eriatrics cholars rogram Scholars...Scholars the from more 78 to million baby boomers patients. who are now reaching age 2000 In fact, is the increase of the population than aged 65

T he U.S. faces critical health 

care sho

rtages fo

r the m

ore 

than 78 million baby 

boom

ers who are now 

reaching age 65.  In fact, the propo

rtion 

of th

e po

pulatio

n aged 65 years an

d olde

r is projected to in

crease from 

12.4% in 2000 to 19.6% in 2030.

Ger

iatr

ics:

It’s

Not

Just

for

Ger

iatr

icia

ns

The need fo

r compa

ssiona

te and 

compe

tent 

physicians w

ho are 

know

ledg

eable 

abou

t caring for 

olde

r patients is 

more critical tha

n ever. W

ith th

e exception of 

pediatrician

s, all 

physicians w

ill be treatin

g ever‐ 

greater n

umbers of elders.  T

he 

University of M

issouri is committed to 

prep

aring ou

r med

ical stude

nts for 

tomorrow’s patients. Tha

t’s w

hy w

e created the Geriatrics Scho

lars 

Prog

ram. 

New

 in 2011 

Geriatrics Scholars Program

 at the University of Missouri 

App

lyin

g t

o th

e G

eria

tric

s Sc

hola

rs

Pro

gram

M1s w

ho are enrolled in th

e Heyssel‐STE

P prog

ram 

and the Geriatrics Interest 

Group w

ho seek ad

ditio

nal 

expe

riences in geriatric 

med

icine are welcome to 

apply to th

e prog

ram.  

There is a com

petitive 

application process 

includ

ing interviews with 

faculty

.  Interested stude

nts can 

learn more du

ring a spe

cial m

eetin

g to be held 

during Block 1. 

How

the

Ger

iatr

ics

Scho

lars

Pro

gram

W

orks

Stud

ents w

ho are accep

ted into th

e prog

ram w

ill be 

assign

ed a geriatrician ad

visor w

ho w

ill w

ork with 

them th

roug

hout th

eir m

edical schoo

l training an

d ov

ersee expe

riences with older patients.  

  Four

-yea

r E

xper

ienc

e In add

ition to th

e usua

l curriculum, G

eriatrics 

Scho

lars w

ill have a four‐year e

xperience that offe

rs 

extra mentoring from M

U geriatricians, 

oppo

rtun

ities to sha

dow clin

icians caring for e

lderly 

patie

nts,  encou

nters at th

e Senior Assessm

ent 

Geriatric Evaluation  Clin

ic, and abu

ndan

t research 

and lead

ership opp

ortunitie

s with

in th

e realm of 

geriatrics.

Yea

r 1

Re

ceive a geriatrician adv

isor. 

Ta

ke part in the Geriatrics Journa

l Club 

(years one through four)

Pa

rticipate in a sum

mer externship 

expe

rience w

ith a large geriatric 

popu

latio

Yea

r 2 

Have an Ambu

latory Care Ex

periences 

(ACE) and

/or  Adv

anced Ph

ysical 

Diagn

osis (A

PD) exp

erience un

der a 

geriatrician

’s sup

ervision 

Ta

ke on lead

ership ro

les with

in th

e Heyssel‐STE

P prog

ram and Geriatrics 

Interest Group 

Yea

r 3 

Ta

ke on a lead

ership ro

le in th

e Geriatrics Journa

l Club 

Yea

r 4 

Ta

ke electives in geriatrics 

Re

ceive a  lette

r ackno

wledg

ing 

participation in th

e Geriatrics Scho

lar 

prog

ram fo

r stude

nt file and ERA

S ap

plications.

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mor

e in

form

atio

n or

to

appl

y, c

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ct P

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Gra

y in

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plin

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Geriatrics Scholars 

Program

 Timeline