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"Age, like distance, lends a double charm" -Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Training Health Care Professionals in the care of older adults

The Unit develops and enhances training in the primary care of older adults for medical residents and students, master's level nurse practitioner students, and master's level social work students. An interdisciplinary approach to care is taught. Training occurs primarily at MGH Senior Health but also involves other sites and levels along the continuum of care, such as the hospital, subacute and rehabilitation, elderly housing, retirement communities, and nursing homes. Special diagnostic and management strategies are critical to the well being of older adults. Despite progress over the last decade, many health professionals still receive insufficient training in these strategies, especially in primary care. Through the experties of its practice members, Senior Health is uniquely positioned to lead the training of health professionals at MGH.

Resident Physicians (Post Graduate Year 1-3)
Residents from several MGH programs learn the specifics of caring for older adults in the Senior Health practice and its affiliated sites. Participating training programs include: primary care and categorical internal medicine, medicine-pediatrics, psychiatry, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. In 1997, Senior Health participated in the Harvard - Hartford Foundation Geriatrics in Primary Care Initiative. Learning objectives are: biology of aging, recognition and management of geriatric syndromes, functional assessment, team care, and restorative and health promotion approaches. Several syllabi are available.

Students
Third-year Harvard Medical School (HMS) students have the opportunity to take their ambulatory Core Medicine training at Senior Health. Fourth-year HMS students can select Senior Health for their Primary Care Clerkship. Electives may be arranged on an individual basis for students from HMS and other medical schools and can be arranged by contacting Claus Hamann MD, MS.

Fellows in Geriatric Medicine
HMS Division on Aging fellows have the opportunity to arrange clinical and research experiences through Senior Health and the Geriatric Medicine Unit. For clinical experiences, please contact Claus Hamann MD, MS, and for research projects, Kenneth Minaker MD, FRCPC. [link to our research page.]

Geriatric Nurse Practitioner
Senior health is a teaching site for the MGH Institute of Health Professions for second-year, master's-level nurse practitioner students. Our practice accepts one trainee per academic semester for 8-16 hours per week. For more information the Institute can be reached at 617-726-2947

Geriatric Social Worker
Senior health is a teaching site for the MGH Department of Social Work for second-year, master's-level social work students. Our practice accepts one trainee per academic year who spends 3 days per week at Senior Health and affiliated sites. For more information the department of Social Services can be reached at 617-726-2640

Continuing Medical, Nursing and Social Work Education
Senior Health participates actively in the programs of the Harvard Department of Continuing Education, Division on Aging, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, MGH Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry, and MGH General Medicine Unit.