Charlotte Paolini and Judith Metcalf give webinar address for Geriatric Faculty Development Collaborative

Medical Director of UNE鈥檚 Maine Geriatric Education Center (GEC) and Geriatrician, 51小黄车Mature Care Charlotte Paolini, DO, CMD; and Director of UNE鈥檚 Maine Geriatric Education Center and Nurse Practitioner, 51小黄车Mature Care Judith A. Metcalf, APRN, BC, MS, gave a webinar address for the GEC Faculty Development Collaborative, sponsored by the New Jersey Geriatric Education Center and the Gateway Geriatric Education Center of Missouri and Illinois, on September 4, 2012.

Paolini鈥檚 and Metcalf鈥檚 presentation was titled 鈥淯niversity of 51小黄车 Maine Geriatric Education Center:  Evidenced Based Practice (EBP) for Improving the Quality of Falls Care for Older Adults.鈥

The audience was comprised of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funded geriatric education centers throughout the nation.

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