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Sustaining the Mountain State Partnership Program for Aging Education at West Virginia University

The Mountain State Partnership Program aims to enhance geriatric education in West Virginia, the second oldest state with significant rural communities. This program, offered by the West Virginia University School of Social Work, focuses on training specialists in geriatrics through a comprehensive curriculum that includes the Gero Certificate Program, summer institutes, and rural rotations. Established collaborations between academic and community organizations strengthen the program's reach and impact, addressing the unique needs of the elderly in small towns and rural areas.

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Sustaining the Mountain State Partnership Program for Aging Education at West Virginia University

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  1. Kristina Hash West Virginia University Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education: Sustaining the Program Saturday November 10, 2012

  2. www.socialworkleadership.org Context West Virginia • 2nd oldest state • Very rural School of Social Work • BSW & MSW • FT & PT MSW • 5 locations • Rural focus

  3. www.socialworkleadership.org • Mountain State Partnership Program • Focuses on training geriatric specialists in small towns and rural areas • rural geriatric competencies • rural rotations • gero certificate program with rural gero course • (www.socialwork.wvu.edu/certificates/) • Summer Institute on Aging course/conference (www.wvsioa.org)

  4. www.socialworkleadership.org Partnerships and Structures small, tightly connected state/service community interdisciplinary connections (both academic and community) WV Geriatric Education Center (http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/charleston/WVGEC/) David K Brown Award and trainings other gero projects/programs (started with HPPAE and led to BEL, CDI, SIOA, & Gero Certificate Programs)

  5. www.socialworkleadership.org Partnerships and Structures Formal agreement with Chair of Dept: Tuition waivers for HPPAE students Funding of HPPAE breakfast at SIOA conference

  6. www.socialworkleadership.org Our best advice “Make gero a priority…build it and they will come”

  7. www.socialworkleadership.org “Jeanie Babies”

  8. www.socialworkleadership.org Questions

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