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Faculty Development

AKGEC is working hard to support training and retraining of faculty to develop and instruct geriatrics curriculum which incorporates best practices, interdisciplinary health care team approaches, ethnogeriatrics, clinical training and service learning models. The following funding opportunities will be available to faculty to help support this effort.

Building Faculty Capacity for Distant Delivered Courses

The Alaska Geriatric Education Center (AKGEC) will award one $2,000 stipend to a faculty member or faculty team for the design and completion of a distance deliverable course or curriculum module with content about the challenges of aging, positive aging experiences, the aging process and/or optimizing opportunities for good health, active participation and security to enhance the quality of life as people age.

The proposed course may be an approved course (adapted to distance delivery or modified to include gerontology content, a new course, or a 500 level professional development course. Curriculum enhanced or developed courses/modules will be used to teach students and varied professionals about the challenges of aging, planning for positive aging and promoting an active, healthy lifestyle. Proposals are requested for the development of distance deliverable courses/modules which can be used to deliver continuing education to business, education, health and/or social service professionals who work with older adults.

(The following links are inactive due to a loss of funds.)
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Contact Rosellen Rosich at 907-786-1739 or afrmr@uaa.alaska.edu

Creating partnerships in Gerontology

AKGEC will award a $2000 mini-grant to a faculty member to integrate gerontology-focused community-based learning into an existing course. This course does not need to focus upon aging and gerontology exclusively, but at a minimum 10 % of the course content must pertain to aging; content about the challenges of aging, positive aging experiences, the aging process and optimizing opportunities for good health, active participation and economic security in order to enhance the quality of life as people age are possible focus areas.

Proposals may be submitted from faculty in business, education, health, natural or social sciences. AKGEC seeks to improve care, services and quality of life for older persons through education and training. Contact Rosellen Rosich, 907-786-1739 or afrmr@uaa.alaska.edu

Career Pathways

AKGEC has established several gerontology and geriatric initiatives to help meet the growing need for qualified health care workers from a growing senior population by utilizing a multiple training and education approach to create a Career Pathway.  Additional information about these initiatives is available in the following document. 
UAA Gerontology/Geriatrics Career Pathways Training program

AKGEC is preparing to launch a Speakers Bureau to allow interested trainers in the field of aging to submit contact and professional information for access by those interested in speakers with an expertise in aging topics.  Access to the Speakers Bureau will be through the AKGEC website and interested speakers will be able to submit their information for consideration by a variety of training events being held in Alaska.  Stay tuned for this excellent opportunity to share your knowledge and experience in aging with other professionals.

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