Texas Consortium
Geriatric
Education Center (TCGEC)
As one of 48 GECs in the country, the
Texas Consortium Geriatric Education Center (TCGEC), established
in October 1985, is comprised of nine leading academic institutions.
The federal Health Resources and Services Administration
has once again approved funding for the TCGEC from 2007-2010. Members of the consortium and e-mail hyperlinks to their respective
co-project directors are as follows:
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They collaborate to advance the development of health professionals'
capabilities to improve the lives of older Texans through
better programs, service delivery activities, and resources
in the field of aging. At the yearly average rate, by the
end of 2010
approximately 50,000 Texas health care professionals will
have attended TCGEC offerings. Contact Dr. Robert E. Roush
at the TCGEC for a listing of CME programs. Phone (713) 798-4611;
Fax (713) 798-6688; or e-mail him at rroush@bcm.edu.
Other TCGEC staff at Baylor's Huffington Center on Aging are
Nancy L. Wilson, LMSW, Assoc. Project Director <nwilson@bcm.edu>;
Aimee Garcia, MD, Director of Clinical Education <Aimee.Garcia@med.va.gov>; and the Coordinator for Distance Learning, Mehrnaz S. Gill,
MS, (713) 798-5805 <mgill@bcm.edu>.
Ms. Gill can register you for distance learning credit by
your clicking here.
The National Association of Geriatrics Education Centers
(NAGEC) is comprised of
the national network of GECs funded by HRSA's Bureau of
Health Professions; Division of State, Community and Public
Health; Allied, Geriatrics, and Rural Health Branch. GECs offer health professions educators and
community practitioners professional development opportunities
in aging that benefit older people now
and those "future" older Americans. You may also visit the Directory
of GECs at this URL: http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/interdisciplinary/gec.html.
N.B. On Valentine's Day, 14 February 2007, the U.S.
Senate passed a House of Representatives Appropriations Bill
restoring GEC and GACA funding for 2007. This is a victory for
all older Americans who are cared for by health professionals
trained in geriatrics by GECs like the TCGEC. So our "hats are
off" to the members of the new Congress who rectified what
previous ones had done to cut the
federal budget for FY '06 by eliminating HRSA's Title VII
programs. These programs funded many worthwhile training
programs for America's health work force to care for
underserved populations. Among these were the 50 Geriatric
Education Centers, Geriatric Academic Career Awardees, and
Geriatric Medicine and Dental Fellowships. On September
10, 2007, the 48 newly funded GECs received their letters of
approval to begin working once again for better health care
for Older Americans. Stay tuned for more
good programming brought to you by TCGEC partners throughout
Texas.
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