Preceptorship Rotation Engagement Program

The Preceptorship Rotation Engagement Program (PREP) connects students to professionals making a difference in public health.

Through our Preceptorship Rotation Engagement Program we continue to coordinate arrangements for clinical rotations for Introduction to Clinical Medicine 4th year students (ICM IV) and Primary Care Track (PCT) based on student(s) assignments, preceptor availability and housing needs.

Health care workers often return to practice where they trained, and students learn from experience that it’s rewarding to work in underserved areas. That’s why AHEC connects young people, students and practicing professionals to training opportunities with minority and disadvantaged populations, in rural areas such as the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Through the Preceptorship Rotation Engagement Program (PREP), ESAHEC connects students to professionals making a difference in public health.

Partnering with medical and other health professions schools, we connect students with dedicated preceptors for a 4-week rural medicine experience. Allowing health professionals to share their knowledge and experience in the context of their day-to-day practice.

For more information, visit our Preceptor page.

Interested in Becoming a Preceptor? Contact:
Kimberly Finch
Geriatrics and Clinical Education Manager
kfinch@esahec.org

Senior Support Program

The ESACare Senior Support Program includes GGEAR conferences, Dementia Live training, GAIT events and the Toolbox Assessment Workshop.

All conferences/events/training are focused on providing knowledge to health profession and social service students, health, and social service professionals as well as caregivers.

Dementia Live training was added this year to the program through a grant from the Department of Aging. ESAHEC’s goal is to offer Dementia Live training several times a year.

GGEAR is a state-funded program developed in 1987 to support interprofessional educational and research activities in the field of geriatrics and gerontology that are designed to bolster the well-being of older adults and improve quality of later life. ESAHEC serves as a partner on the project and supports the programs mission, vision and progress in the following ways.

MISSION

The Geriatrics & Gerontology Education and Research Program is a University of Maryland, Baltimore-based program that facilitates interprofessional education and interdisciplinary research activities in the field of aging in partnership with campus affiliates and agencies and organizations serving Maryland’s older adults and their caregivers.

VISION

Optimize care provided to older adults to promote quality of life through education, research, and training.

GERIATRICS: THE BRANCH OF MEDICINE FOCUSED ON MEDICAL CARE AND TREATMENT OF OLDER PERSONS

GERONTOLOGY: THE FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY EXAMINING THE BIO-PSYCHO-SOCIAL PROCESSES AND IMPLICATIONS OF AGING

Geriatrics and gerontology are specialties with an inherent relationship—a focus on older adults and the aging process with the goal of maximizing functioning to achieve a high quality of life. GGEAR-supported activities and initiatives embrace the perspectives of these fields as we work collaboratively with partners on and off campus to cultivate educational and research activities.

In cooperation with the Maryland Area Health Education Centers (MAHECs) and the Johns Hopkins Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP), GGEAR provides professional education conferences that are geographically and financially accessible to professionals and paraprofessionals in the senior service and care industry, as well as older adults and their families.

In partnership with the Maryland Agencies on Aging and organizations such as the Maryland chapters of the Alzheimer’s Association and the Beacon Institute, GGEAR co-hosts a variety of conferences for professionals, paraprofessionals, and the lay community, including the annual Family Caregiver Conference in Southern Maryland (since 1992) and annual conferences for nursing Assistants in the greater Baltimore metropolitan area and on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

GGEAR sponsors the Geriatric Assessment Interdisciplinary Team (GAIT) Project in partnership with the MAHECs, GAIT brings together health professional, social work, and law students from all University System of Maryland (USM) campuses for didactic and clinical sessions at geriatric sites located in medically underserved communities across the state, including medical & rehabilitative hospitals, independent living & long-term care communities, and hospice & palliative care settings.

In partnership with the Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center (ESAHEC), GGEAR sponsors an annual Assessment Tool Workshop for students at Salisbury University and the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore majoring in Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Nursing, Dietary/Nutrition and Social Work. This half-day interdisciplinary training program supports the development of clinical skills relevant to the care of older adults and emphasizes the importance of a team approach in geriatric health care planning and delivery.