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The Western Reserve Geriatric
Education Center (WRGEC):
The
Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center (WRGEC) is headquartered
at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School
of Medicine in the Center for Health Care Research and Policy, CWRU
MetroHealth Medical Center Campus. In addition to the CWRU School of
Medicine, the WRGEC consortium includes the Northeastern Ohio Universities
College of Medicine (NEOUCOM), Bowling Green State University (BGSU),
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine (OUCOM), and Miami University
(MU) and affiliated institutions and clinical sites serving urban and
rural areas of Ohio.
Dr. Julia Hannum Rose, PhD, is Principal Investigator/Director, Dr.
Elizabeth O'Toole, MD, is Co-Director and Eileen Yates, MPA, is Associate
Director of the WRGEC. In the WRGEC's current BHPr-funded grant cycle
(2000-2005), education and dissemination programs are tied to four organizing
themes: 1) optimizing physical and mental health from prevention to
palliation; 2) building safe and supportive communities; 3) respecting
and valuing diversity; and 4) encouraging students into health careers
and geriatrics. On an annual basis, the WRGEC offers over 100 education
and training programs, reaching between two thousand and three thousand
trainees, including physicians, nurses, social workers, allied health
professionals, and paraprofessionals throughout Ohio.
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