[bit.listserv.gerinet] The Illinois Geriatrics Education Center

U42850@UICVM.BITNET (07/17/90)

     The Illinois Geriatric Education Center is a federally
funded center supporting interdisciplinary training in geriatrics
and gerontology for health professions educators.  The Illinois
Geriatric Education Center (IGEC) is located in the College of
Associated Health Professions at the University of Illinois at
Chicago.

     Seminars and workshops are held throughout the year for
educators and productions in the following disciplines:
Dentistry, Health Information Management (Medical Records),
Medical Social Work, Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition and Medical
Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, and
Public Health.

     A five-day annual Summer Institute is held the second week
of June.  Attendees who complete the forty-hours of training
graduate as Geriatric Scholars and receive a Certificate of
Completion from the Illinois Geriatric Education Center.

     To receive the Center Newsletter, be put on the mailing
list, or for further information contact the Illinois Geriatric
Education Center, E-mail address U42850@UICVM.  The IGEC is
located at 808 S. Wood Street, Chicago, IL  60612,  (M/C 778).


                 ILLINOIS GERIATRIC EDUCATION CENTER'S

                      CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS

DATE      TOPIC                 WHERE          DISCIPLINE        CREDIT

July 16   Aspects of Calcium    UIC            Dietitian          YES

          Metabolism in Aging                  Nutritionist       YES
          Health Promotion of
           Aging

July 30-  Mini-Fellowship in     UIC           Physicians         YES
 Aug 3     Geriatrics

Aug 13    Aging:Drug and Nutri-  UIC           Dietitian          YES
           ent Interaction                     Nutritionist
          Aging:Nutrition
          Support Ehical Concerns

TBA       Grantwriting/         Rockford       Interdisciplinary   NO
           Dr. Baldyga                         Health Profession

TBA       Grantwriting/         Springfield    Interdisciplinary   NO
           Dr. Baldyga                         Health Profession


TBA       Health Promotion      Rockford       Interdisciplinary   NO
                                               Health Profession

TBA       Health Promotion      UIC            Interdisciplinary   NO
                                               Health Profession

TBA       Postoperative Care of UIC            Physicians          YES
           the Elderly