Several gerontology and geriatrics educational programs are available
to students and trainees through the Buehler Center and Northwestern University.
The Buehler Center on Aging, Health & Society offers a weekly program in geriatrics and gerontology, to promote knowledge and research in geriatrics for students early in their medical education. Through an individual research project, a series of seminars on the core issues of geriatrics, a series of site visits to places where the elderly receive care, a journal club, and a reading group, the students engage actively with current researchers, clinicians, educators and patients in a range of geriatric settings.
Each summer, 10-14 students engage in clinical research and laboratory research projects with faculty preceptors on various topics in aging. This past summer, projects included: "Relieving Symptoms of Cancer: Innovative Use of Art Therapy", "Clinical characteristics and reporting of Zoledronic Acid Associated Nephrotoxicity", "Adverse Medical Events and Emergency Department Utilization Among the Elderly", and a video entitled "Witnessing Death: A Grandson's Reflections". The program receives generous partial support from the Retirement Research Foundation.
The full-time summer program is open to all first year Feinberg students, and offers a stipend. To apply, fill out the Feinberg School of Medicine Medical Student Summer Research Program application form. For further information please contact Joshua M. Hauser, MD.
The Division of Geriatrics Fellowship Program trains one to two fellows each academic year in the medical specialty of geriatrics. Training sites include Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Warren Barr Pavilion Subacute Nursing Facility, and the Methodist Home on Chicago's north side. Trainees are mentored by geriatrics faculty to understand the complexity of health needs in elderly individuals, to treat patients across the care continuum, and to teach other medical trainees about geriatric concerns.
Medical Student Summer Program in Geriatrics
The Buehler Center on Aging, Health & Society offers a weekly program in geriatrics and gerontology, to promote knowledge and research in geriatrics for students early in their medical education. Through an individual research project, a series of seminars on the core issues of geriatrics, a series of site visits to places where the elderly receive care, a journal club, and a reading group, the students engage actively with current researchers, clinicians, educators and patients in a range of geriatric settings.
Each summer, 10-14 students engage in clinical research and laboratory research projects with faculty preceptors on various topics in aging. This past summer, projects included: "Relieving Symptoms of Cancer: Innovative Use of Art Therapy", "Clinical characteristics and reporting of Zoledronic Acid Associated Nephrotoxicity", "Adverse Medical Events and Emergency Department Utilization Among the Elderly", and a video entitled "Witnessing Death: A Grandson's Reflections". The program receives generous partial support from the Retirement Research Foundation.
The full-time summer program is open to all first year Feinberg students, and offers a stipend. To apply, fill out the Feinberg School of Medicine Medical Student Summer Research Program application form. For further information please contact Joshua M. Hauser, MD.
The Geriatrics Fellowship Program
The Division of Geriatrics Fellowship Program trains one to two fellows each academic year in the medical specialty of geriatrics. Training sites include Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Warren Barr Pavilion Subacute Nursing Facility, and the Methodist Home on Chicago's north side. Trainees are mentored by geriatrics faculty to understand the complexity of health needs in elderly individuals, to treat patients across the care continuum, and to teach other medical trainees about geriatric concerns.
Electronic Books
Two excellent geriatrics books are available online through Northwestern University's Galter Library.
Geriatrics Resource Guide / Northwestern University
Geriatric Medicine / Christine K. Cassel (et al.), eds. (available only on NU network)
The Fellowship Training Program in Geriatric Psychiatry
A program sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Medical School, and the Stone Institute of Psychiatry, Northwestern Memorial Hospital. For more information, please contact Deborah Reed, MD.
Institute for Healthcare Studies
The mission of the Institute for Healthcare Studies of the Feinberg School of Medicine is to promote, coordinate, and originate multi-disciplinary research and education for the purpose of improving the safety, equity, quality, and policy in health care. For more information on the post-doctoral fellowship program in health services research, as well as the master's and certificate programs in healthcare quality and patient safety, visit the Institute for Healthcare Studies website.
School of Education and Social Policy
The Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) program, founded in 1981 under the leadership of Dr. Bernice Neugarten, prepares students to conduct research to understand and to attack the very human problems that pose the greatest challenges to society in this new century. This research will inform decisions about policies, programs and interventions.