Marilyn Gugliucci and nine UNECOM students give presentations at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America

Nine UNECOM students, one University of Maine, Orono student, and Marilyn R. Gugliucci, Ph.D., Department of Geriatric Medicine, presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, November 18-22, 2011, in Boston, Massachusetts. This meeting attracts 4,000 international and US attendees. The UNECOM presentations (one symposium with a national faculty panel, five poster presentations for Learning by Living Research, and two poster presentations from the AFAR Fellows) were as follows:

  1. Best Practices for Using Nursing Homes as Clinical Placement Sites for Nursing Students:  New Resources and Strategies, Mezey,M. EdD, RN, FAAN,(Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University College of Nursing); Mueller, C. PhD, RN, FAAN (University of Minnesota School of Nursing);Others; Discussant: Gugliucci, M.R.
  2. Learning by Living©: A Social Worker Student’s Perspective Living the Life of an Elder Nursing Home Resident,  Janes, Kara,F., MSW Student, U Maine Orono & Gugliucci, M.R.; Poster
  3. A Medical Student’s Immersion into a World of Dementia: Applying Learning by Living© Methods in a Memory Care Center. Petrone Gianna, OMS II & Gugliucci, M.R.; Poster
  4. Learning by Living© Research: Nursing Home Life As Experienced By Medical Students, Clouthier,Katie., OMS II; Dyer, Rebecca., OMS II; Buchanan, Emilynne, OMS II; & Gugliucci, M.R.; Poster
  5. Ethnography of Life Lived in Veterans Nursing Homes by Medical Students Enrolled in the Medical Corps Health Profession Scholarship Program. Guzzetti, Brian., OMS II; Light, Mike., OMS II; & Gugliucci, M.R.; Poster
  6. Pilot of Learning by Living™ Research conducted in an Assisted Living Center: A Medical Student’s Ethnographic Experiences. Eckstein, Devin., OMS II & Gugliucci, M; Poster
  7. The Relationship Between Time Spent Outdoors And Health In Older Adults Neukam, Suvi, OMS II; Kerr, J, PhD; Wasilenko, K, MPH; Crist, K, MPH [University of CA, Dan Diego] AFAR Fellowship Research; Poster
  8. Temporal Pole Cortical Thinning is Correlated with Semantic Memory Impairment in Frontotemporal Dementia Burch, Elizabeth, OMS II;  Domoto-Reilly, K, MD, Dickerson, B, MD [Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA]  AFAR Fellowship Research; Poster. 

All presentations were well attended and well presented with the Learning by Living Research being of interest to medical schools in Australia and US states.

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