Geriatric Medical Education: A Project in Faculty Development

To increase the competence of physicians to practice and teach geriatric medicine, the Office of Geriatric Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, offered an 11‐week course to interested physicians on the faculty. This course, “Medical Management of the Aged—A State of the Art Symposium for Medical Faculty,” was conducted as part of an overall plan of the Office to enhance faculty and curriculum development in geriatrics within the School. The weekly sessions consisted of clinical and research information presented by recognized experts in the field of geriatric medicine. Of the 52 formal registrants, 79 per cent were physicians and were from such fields of specialization as internal medicine, family medicine, and psychiatry. The mean attendance was 37. An overview and evaluation of the geriatric faculty development program is given.