WHO ARE WE?
The Central Plains Geriatric Education Center (CPGEC) was established in September, 1998, through a grant from the Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The CPGEC, is part of a network of 47 Geriatric Education Centers (GECs) located in major health care institutions throughout the country.
The CPGEC is a consortium administratively housed in the Landon Center on Aging, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, and including: Fort Hays State University, Pittsburg State University, Kansas State University, University of Missouri- Kansas City, the Kansas Area Health Education Centers, and Cape Canaveral Hospital, Florida.
OUR MISSION
The mission of the CPGEC is to provide geriatric education, training, and resources to facilitate and promote high quality, evidence-based and state-of –the-art care to our older adult population.
OUR GOALS
The major goals of the CPGEC are to:
Provide care to older adults.
Facilitate implementation of “best practices” in geriatric care.
Provide health professional faculty with the knowledge and resources to effectively teach geriatrics.
Recruit greater numbers of students and practicing health professionals into geriatrics.
Promote continuous learning environments in health care organizations.
To accomplish these goals, the CPGEC utilizes the expertise of University of Kansas Medical Center faculty and staff, faculty and staff of our consortium institutions, and faculty from the nationwide network of Geriatric Education Centers. The CPGEC also collaborates with numerous national, state, and local organizations to further quality geriatric education.
Faculty and Staff:
