Dakota Geriatric Education Center

The Dakota Geriatric Education Center (GEC) is a comprehensive geriatric education program that is located in the Center for Rural Health (CRH) at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences (UNDSMHS). The project is a consortium effort designed to meet the unique geriatric health care needs of North Dakota elders throughout the state, by providing educational experiences at the undergraduate, graduate, and post graduate level. The project places a special emphasis on American Indian elders concentrated on five reservations, an area primarily served by the Indian Health Service (IHS), and four urban areas that are experiencing an increase in American Indian elders due to the proximity of tertiary health care services. In addition to the University of North Dakota SMHS, the consortium includes the United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) and the North Dakota State University School of Pharmacy (NDSUSP). The Dakota GEC will provide training for the following health professions: Family physicians, internists, and generalists through a statewide network of family practice centers, the UNDSMHS Continuing Medical Education Program, and the state association of family physicians. Nurses, including the full spectrum of nursing professions (family nurse practioners, graduate prepared nurses, bachelors prepared nurses, certificate prepared nurses, certified nurse anesthetists, and nursing assistants of all types). Pharmacists Mental health professionals including social workers, counselors, and psychologists. Family practice residents Physical therapy
Occupational therapy, and Health administration
For more information contact:
Dr. Jacque Gray, Program Coordinator
e-mail: jgray@medicine.nodak.edu
Where and Room 000,
Box 9037, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202
Phone: (701)777-0582, Fax: (701)777-6779
www.med.und.nodak.edu/dept/rural