LOS ANGELES AREA ALZHEIMER'S OUTREACH PROGRAM (LAAAOP)

洛杉矶地区阿尔茨海默病外展计划 (LAAAOP)

• 批准号: 2442266
• 负责人: JEFFREY L. CUMMINGS
• 金额: $ 10.58万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-09-30 至 1998-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2442266
• 关键词: Alzheimer's disease; allied health personnel; brain disorder diagnosis; continuing education; continuing nursing education; curriculum; dementia; diagnosis quality /standard; education evaluation /planning; health care personnel education; health care personnel performance; health care referral /consultation; human subject; information dissemination; medical education; nurse practitioners; patient care management; primary care physician; training aid

The Los Angeles Area Alzheimer's Outreach Program (LAAAOP) was funded by the National Institute on Aging in 1992 to provide education to community based physicians regarding the diagnosis and treatment of dementia. The program has been successful in disseminating educational information in the form of instructional modules sent to 10(x) physicians every two months, and in enrolling physicians in our comprehensive practice- integrated CME course. The program has focused on those physicians serving minority patients. The current specific aims of the LAAAOP are to I) expand upon our established physician outreach training program by enrolling nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) in our comprehensive practice integrated continuing medical education (CME) curriculum on AD; 2) to expand our educational outreach to NPs, PAs, and visiting home nurses (VHNs) via dissemination of periodic mailings of instructional materials on a variety of topics related to dementia; and 3) increase the ethnic diversity of patients referred to the research programs of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) Consortium of Los Angeles and Orange Counties and the UCLA Alzheimer's Disease Core Center (ADCC). The LAAAOP represents a successful 3 year collaboration of two NIA funded Alzheimer's Disease Centers and the Los Angeles Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. Primary care providers identified through focused mailing lists and patient care networks will comprise the audience for the educational outreach. The practice-integrated curriculum involves reading a syllabus, learning to administer a brief neuropsychological screening exam, submitting an evaluation of four patients to an expert panel for review and providing a report of the impact of the course on one's practice. Graduates of the course will be added to the Alzheimer's Association Helpline referral network, and will receive 30 hours of CME credit. The course is available in English and Spanish. Educational mailings to primary care providers will be made every two months and will include an instructional module with questions that can be answered for CME credit. Audiotaped versions of the modules will also be available. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) will be taught as a means of improving practice. Information will be obtained on the ethnicity, gender, age, type of practice, and use of the MMSE by primary care providers on the mailing list. Monitoring the number of information requests, accuracy of CME responses, and alterations in the frequency of use of the MMSE will provide a quantitative means of assessing the impact of the module program.

洛杉矶地区阿尔茨海默氏症外展计划（LAAAOP）由以下机构资助： 1992年，国家老龄问题研究所向社区提供教育， 老年痴呆症的诊断和治疗的 该计划成功地传播了教育信息， 每两年向10（x）名医生发送一次教学模块 月，并在我们的综合实践招募医生- 综合CME课程。该计划的重点是那些医生 为少数民族患者服务。LAAAOP目前的具体目标是 I）通过以下方式扩展我们已建立的医生外展培训计划： 注册护士执业（NP）和医生助理（PA）在我们的 综合实践综合继续医学教育（CME） 2）将我们的教育推广范围扩大到NPs，PA，以及 通过定期邮寄， 有关痴呆症的各种主题的教学材料;以及 3)增加参与研究的患者的种族多样性 阿尔茨海默病研究中心（ADRC）联盟 洛杉矶和橙子县以及加州大学洛杉矶分校阿尔茨海默病中心 中心（ADCC）。LAAAOP代表了一个成功的3年合作 两个NIA资助的阿尔茨海默病中心和洛杉矶分会 老年痴呆症协会的主席初级保健提供者通过 集中的邮件列表和病人护理网络将包括 教育推广的受众。实践整合课程 包括阅读教学大纲，学习管理简报， 神经心理学筛选考试，提交四个评估 病人到专家小组进行审查，并提供一份报告， 课程对实践的影响。该课程的毕业生将 添加到阿尔茨海默氏症协会热线转诊网络，并将 获得30小时CME学分。该课程以英语授课， 西班牙语.将向初级保健提供者发送教育邮件， 每两个月一次，将包括一个教学模块， 可以得到芝加哥商品交易所的信贷。各单元的录音版本 也将可用。简易精神状态检查（MMSE） 作为提高实践的一种手段。资料将于 种族、性别、年龄、实践类型和MMSE的使用， 邮件列表上的初级保健提供者。监测 信息请求，CME响应的准确性，以及 MMSE的使用频率将提供一种定量手段， 评估模块计划的影响。