Progam goals and objectives

Goal: To identify, develop, and disseminate best practices in health care for the geriatric population

Objectives: The Aging and Community Health program accomplishes its goals through the following:

Education

• that supports a comprehensive approach to care of the geriatric patient
• that supports the physician's role in the care of the geriatric patient
• that improves physician, patient, and caregiver communication
• that provides technical assistance, materials, and curricula for training physicians to be able to train others in the identified best practices

Applied Research

• identifying current trends and implications for policy and practice
• anticipating future needs of the aging population

Collaborations

• facilitate implementation of best practices
• communication/dissemination of best practice information
• network within the Federation of state and specialty medical societies and with external health care organizations

Resources

• provide technical assistance to physicians, other areas of the AMA, external health care organizations and the public

For more information on the AMA's program on Aging and Community Health, please contact program director joanne.schwartzberg@ama-assn.org