GeriaSims

GeriaSims are nine interactive, "virtual patient" simulations on the care of older adults designed for medical and PA students, residents, and fellows, particularly those in primary care disciplines. The technology used to develop the GeriaSims modules is available for your institution to use in creating your own interactive, web-based virtual patients.

GeriaFlix & GeriaTrax

GeriaFlix & GeriaTrax are multidisciplinary presentations on geriatric topics in a streaming digital video and/or audio format with synchronized slides. They are appropriate for learners in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and other allied health disciplines.

Best-Practice Geriatric Oral Health Training

This program uses a GeriaFlix & GeriaTrax presentation, didactic material, and interactive case studies to teach a simple model, set of tools, and techniques that can be used to enhance oral health for older adults with dementia. It is targeted at long-term care professionals such as medical directors and nurses.

Train-the-Preceptor Program in Functional Assesment

The Train-the-Preceptor Program in Functional Assessment was developed to train community physicians who precept medical students in the principles and practical strategies of office-based functional assessment, and in methods of teaching these to their students.

Standardized Patient Actor Training

This Standardized Patient Actor Training is a web-based program to train those who portray a patient with either Parkinson's or early Alzheimer's disease during encounters with medical students. These encounters focus on functional assessment.

Geriatric Consult Service Curriculum

This eight-unit curriculum consists of didactic material, interactive case studies, and selected GeriaSims simulations and GeriaFlix & GeriaTrax presentations. It has been used in the inpatient geriatric rotation for internal medicine residents at the University of Iowa.

Geriatric Lecture Series

The Geriatric Lecture Series is a monthly series of presentations given at the University of Iowa and broadcast live over the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) and the Iowa Communications Network (ICN).

Geriatric Assessment Tools

Geriatric Assessment Tools contains forms and instructions for administering and scoring common assessment and screening tools, for the purpose of teaching.