Monterey Bay Geriatric Resource Center & Natividad Medical Center
Caring for Seniors with Chronic Conditions

- Event Brochure

This is an 18 hour interdisciplinary (CME) course in geriatrics and chronic care management for community physicians, nurses, social workers, allied health professionals such as behavioral health professionals, public health and health administration professionals. The course recognizes the need for health professionals, especially those involved in primary care management, to receive training in geriatrics, in chronic care management, and to acquire additional skills and competencies to conduct health risk assessments, to create comprehensive care plans, to provide continuity of care coordination and to help seniors acquire greater self-care management skills.

The 18 hour course is comprised of nine (9) two hour lectures, case studies and group discussions offered between September 2010 and May 2011. Participants are expected to commit to attendance and active participation in all sessions, carry out self assignments concluding with a class presentation of a selected topic at the end of the course.

Providing health care to an aging population is one of the most pressing health care challenges confronting the Monterey Bay area of California as well as the nation. Prevention, early detection and treatment of chronic conditions require new and fundamentally different approaches than those currently offered.

This opportunity is open to community providers and is especially targeted to providers and staff from MBayGRC affiliate organizations (e.g. Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Natividad Medical Center, Hazel Hawkins Hospital, Palo Alto VA Health Care System, Clinica de Salud, Health Projects Center, Monterey Peninsula College, Cabrillo College, Hartnell colleges faculty and alumni and CSUMB.

Funding for this program is provided by Health Resources and Services Administration/Bureau of Health Professions (HRSA/BHPr).