The document describes the Scholars and Leaders Interprofessional Geriatrics Fellowship program. The goal of the 6-week program was to enable health science students interested in geriatrics to develop competencies for interprofessional geriatric care. Students from various health professions met weekly for class and completed readings, videos, debates and a final paper. The program covered topics like interprofessional collaboration, health policy, organizational leadership and evidence-based practice. Students visited sites like a senior center and methadone clinic. The document provides an example of one student's scholarly paper topic on opioid misuse in the aging population.

1. NUPR 595: CLINICAL OPTIONS
EBONIE WRIGHT BSN, RN, CWCN
SCHOLARS AND LEADERS INTERPROFESSIONAL GERIATRICS FELLOWSHIP
ENGAGE ILLINOIS

2. SCHOLARS AND
LEADERS IN
INTERPROFESSIONAL
GERIATRICS
Goal: To enable health science students interested
in geriatrics to acquire attitudes, values and
competencies necessary for practicing
comprehensive, patient- and family-centered
geriatric care as part of interprofessional teams in a
variety of health care settings.
June 26, 2018 to August 3, 2018

3. SCHOLARS AND LEADERS IN
INTERPROFESSIONAL GERIATRICS
Expectations and Time Commitment: Fellows met on the scheduled class days
and had an estimated equal amount of preparatory and reflective work each week.
This work included: assigned readings, watching online video modules, preparing
for an in-class debate, preparing and writing a final paper and presentation for the
“SLIG Showcase”.
College of Nursing
College of Medicine
College of Pharmacology
School of Public Health
College of Social Work
College of Applied Health Science

4. ESSENTIAL VI:
INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION FOR IMPROVING PATIENT AND POPULATION HEALTH
OUTCOMES
• Ethics In Healthcare
• Working Effectively In An
Interprofessional Medical Team

5. ESSENTIAL V:
HEALTH CARE POLICY FOR ADVOCACY IN HEALTH
• Methadone Clinic, Peoria, IL
• High Geriatric Population
• Complex Care Management

6. ESSENTIAL II:
ORGANIZATIONAL AND SYSTEMS LEADERSHIP FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND SYSTEMS THINKING
• Norwood Park Senior Center
• State of the art exercise facility
• Computer Lab
• Dining Room
• Lunch Served Daily
• Monthly Medication Screens
• Monthly Health Education

7. ESSENTIAL III:
CLINICAL SCHOLARSHIP AND ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
• Right to Die Debate
• Ethics in Death and Dying

8. SCHOLARLY PAPER
“Opioid Misuse and the Aging
Population: How Health
Professionals Can Deliver
Appropriate Intervention and
Treatment”
87% of Older Adults See A
Physician Regularly
Health Professionals are the Least
Source of Substance Abuse
Referrals
U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, 2012
Photo Courtesy of Human Service Center, Inc

9. MY
FAVORITE
TAKEAWAY

10. REFERENCES
• Dunbar-Jacob, J., Natvig, D.G., & Khalil, H. (2013). Impact of the Doctor of Nursing
Practice education in shaping health care systems for the future. Journal of Nursing
Education 52, 423-427. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20130719-03.
• Quad Council Coalition Competency Review Task Force. (2018). Community/public
health nursing competencies. Retrieved
from http://www.quadcouncilphn.org/documents-3/2018-qcc-competencies/
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration. (2012). Substance abuse among older adults Treatment
Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 26. HHS Publication No. (SMA) 12-3918.
Retrieved from:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK64419/pdf/Bookshelf_NBK64419.pdf