GERIATRIC LEADERSHIP ACADEMIC AWARDS

该领导奖旨在改善研究和教学， 在明尼苏达大学研究衰老具体而言，该奖项将用于 收件人： 1.加强对老龄化研究生的培训，特别是长期的研究， 长期护理： * 制定一个年度名册的教师在大学谁是 从事老龄化研究 * 从国家老龄化研究中汇编了一套数据磁带 * 向学生提供小额赠款，以支持他们在老龄化方面的工作 研究项目 * 举办老龄化研究方法研讨会 2.支持医学院初级教师的发展， 护理学院和公共卫生学院， 围绕临床和卫生服务老龄化问题的研究技能： * 为那些有兴趣的人提供正式的博士后培训 获得卫生服务研究或临床流行病学技能 * 为那些准备好 开始他们的研究生涯 3. 改进各地区现有的老龄问题研究生老年学课程， 通过促进新课程的开发和协调校园 现有的 4.建立一个多学科的长期护理研究所。领域 将特别强调急性和长期护理的界面 (LTC)，包括医院和疗养院的出院计划， 向接受长期护理的人提供初级保健，改善决策- 为专业人士和消费者，并开发新的形式， LTC实现了最初设想的此类护理目标， 都是由法规来规定的。 5.加强临床医学生的教学 关于老龄化问题，包括促进联合临床 老年医学经验

This leadership award is designed to improve research and teaching about aging at the University of Minnesota. Specifically, the award will be used to: 1. strengthen the training of graduate research in aging, especially long- term care by: * developing an annual roster of faculty across the university who are working on aging research * compiling a set of data tapes from national studies on aging * offering small grants to students to support their work on aging research projects * offering a seminar on research methods in aging 2. support the development of junior faculty in the Medical School, the School of Nursing, and the School of Public Health who want to develop research skills around clinical and health services aging issues by: * providing formal post-doctoral training for those interested in acquiring health services research or clinical epidemiological skills * providing a program of formal mentoring for those who are ready to launch their research careers 3. improve the graduate gerontology courses available on aging across the campus by stimulating the development of new courses and the coordinating existing ones 4. develop a multidisciplinary Long-term Care Research Institute. Areas of special emphasis will be around the interface of acute and long-term care (LTC), including discharge planning from both hospitals and nursing homes, the delivery of primary care to persons receiving LTC, improving decision- making for both professionals and consumers, and developing new forms of LTC that achieve the goals for such care originally envisioned before they were codified by regulation. 5. strengthen the teaching of clinical students in medicine and nursing about aging issues including promoting opportunities for joint clinical geriatrics experiences.