GERIATRIC LEADERSHIP ACADEMIC AWARD

这是一个老年领导奖的竞争性续期申请 给威廉B的厄斯勒在最初的奖项被授予后不久，博士。 Ershler被任命为新成立的老年病科科长 和老年医学。彼亦获委任 大学老龄化和成人生活研究所所长。在 第二年，他和同事们成功地参加了老年医学竞赛， 研究，教育和临床中心（GRECC）在弗吉尼亚州麦迪逊 医院在这次复兴中提出的一个案例也许是最重要的 在这三年中，成功的协调 将这些课程合并成一个统一的老年学校园课程。 头三年的大部分目标已经实现。 老年学研究，特别是在生物学和临床老年病学方面， 已经明显扩大，有人提出，这种扩张的一部分是 这是协调努力和合作精神的结果， 促进新的合作。 此外，临床项目在 已按原申请书的建议设立老人科。 这些措施包括发展一个急症护理住院老人科单位 附设四张病床的老人科评估及管理组 (GEM)以及建立以问题为中心的老年病诊所， 包括骨质疏松症、失禁、福尔斯 发育障碍和记忆障碍。 诊所是 商业上的成功，但更重要的是提供一个重要的服务 为我们的社区，并作为一个跨学科的临床研究场所 research. 尽管如此，在老年学方面，这个校园还是有很大的不足。 这 涉及到我们大学内各个层次的教育项目。它 更新申请的主要目标是扩大 老年医学和老年学教育。对于本科生，我们建议 建立一个适合学生的证书课程 从不同的学科。 还提出了一项战略， 医学院课程中的老年医学（无论是在临床前 临床阶段）。 最后，组织协调努力 提供博士学位程序在植物学。 继续颁发老年医学领导奖的总体目标是 引导我们新获得的资源， （研究、临床护理和教育）卓越中心 威斯康星州大学。虽然我们在过去的一段时间里取得了很大的进展， 这三年我们还有很长的路要走。

This is a competitive renewal application for a Geriatric Leadership Award for William B. Ershler. Shortly after the original award was made, Dr. Ershler was appointed Head of the newly-established Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology within the Department of Medicine. He was also appointed Director of the University's Institute on Aging and Adult Life. In the second year, he and coworkers competed successfully for a Geriatrics Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the Madison VA Hospital. A case is made in this renewal that perhaps the most important accomplishment during these three years was the successful coordination of these programs into a unified campus program in gerontology. Most of the enumerated objectives for the first three years have been met. Gerontologic investigation, especially in biology and clinical geriatrics, has expanded markedly and it is proposed that some of this expansion is the result of the coordinated efforts and collegial spirits that have facilitated new collaborations. Furthermore, clinical programs in geriatrics have been established as proposed in the original application. These include the development of an acute care in-patient geriatrics unit with an associated four bed geriatrics evaluation and management unit (GEM) and the establishment of problem-focused geriatric clinics that include specific assessment teams in osteoporosis, incontinence, falls, developmental disabilities and memory disorders. The clinics are commercially successful, but more importantly serve an important service for our community and as a research venue for interdisciplinary clinical research. Still, there is a major deficiency on this campus in gerontology. This pertains to educational programs at all levels within our university. It is the expressed major goal of the renewal application to expand geriatrics and gerontology education. For undergraduates we propose to establish a certificate program that would be appropriate for students from diverse disciplines. A strategy is also proposed to expand geriatrics within the medical school curriculum (both in the preclinical and clinical phases). Finally, the organization of a coordinated effort to provide a Ph.D. program in biogerontology is presented. The overall goal of this continuation of the Geriatric Leadership Award is to direct our newly achieved resources to create a comprehensive (research, clinical care and education) center of excellence at the University of Wisconsin. Although we have come a long way in the last three years we have a ways to go.