Final Review Criteria for Grants for Geriatric Education Centers for Fiscal Year 1995

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

Final Review Criteria for Grants for Geriatric Education Centers

for Fiscal Year 1995

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces

the final review criteria for Grants for Geriatric Education Centers

for FY 1995 under the authority of section 777(a) of the Public Health

Service Act, as amended by the Health Professions Education Extension

Amendments of 1992, Public Law 102-408, dated October 13, 1992.

Purpose

Grants may be awarded to support the development of collaborative

arrangements involving several health professions schools and health

care facilities. These arrangements, called Geriatric Education Centers

(GECs), are established to facilitate training of health professional

faculty, students, and practitioners in the diagnosis, treatment, and

prevention of disease, disability, and other health problems of the

aged. Health professionals include allopathic physicians, osteopathic

physicians, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists, pharmacists, nurses,

nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, clinical

psychologists, health administrators, and allied health professionals.

Projects supported under these grants must offer training involving

four or more health professions, one of which must be allopathic or

osteopathic medicine. Projects must address one or more of the

statutory purposes listed below:

(a) Improve the training of health professionals in geriatrics;

(b) Develop and disseminate curricula relating to the treatment of the

health problems of elderly individuals;

(c) Expand and strengthen instruction in methods of such treatment;

(d) Support the training and retraining of faculty to provide such

instruction;

(e) Support continuing education of health professionals and allied

health professionals who provide such treatment; and

(f) Establish new affiliations with nursing homes, chronic and acute

disease hospitals, ambulatory care centers, and senior centers in order

to provide students with clinical training in geriatric medicine.

Eligibility

Section 777(a) of the PHS Act authorizes the award of grants to

accredited health professions schools as [[Page 27110]] defined by

section 799(1), or programs for the training of physician assistants as

defined by section 799(3), or schools of allied health as defined in

section 799(4), or schools of nursing as defined by section 853(2).

Applicants must be located in the United States, the Commonwealth

of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the

Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the

Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Federated States of

Micronesia.

A notice was published in the Federal Register at 60 FR 2396 on

January 9, 1995 which proposed two new review criteria for Grants for

Geriatric Education Centers. No comments were received within the 30

day comment period. Therefore, the review criteria remain as proposed.

Review Criteria

The following review criteria are established in 42 CFR part 57,

subpart OO:

(1) The degree to which the proposed project adequately provides for

the project requirements;

(2) The extent to which the rationale and specific objectives of the

project are based upon a needs assessment of the status of geriatrics

training in the institutions to be assisted and/or the geographic area

to be served;

(3) The ability of the project to achieve the project objectives within

the proposed geographic area;

(4) The adequacy of educational facilities and clinical training

settings to accomplish objectives;

(5) The adequacy of organizational arrangements involving professional

schools and other organizations necessary to carry out the project;

(6) The adequacy of the qualifications and experience in geriatrics of

the project director, staff and faculty;

(7) The administrative and managerial ability of the applicant to carry

out the proposed project in a cost-effective manner, and;

(8) The potential of the project to continue on a self-sustaining

basis.

In addition, the following review criteria are hereby finalized:

(9) If applicable, the extent to which there is evidence that the

institutions jointly have planned and jointly will conduct the proposed

consortial activities.

(10) The potential of the project to recruit and/or retain minority

faculty members and trainees for participation in long term and/or

short term training experiences.

If additional information is needed, please contact: Lt. Commander

Judith Arndt, Geriatric Initiatives Branch, Division of Associated,

Dental, and Public Health Professions, Bureau of Health Professions,

Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn Building, Room

8-103, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone: (301)

443-6887.

This program, Grants for Geriatric Education Centers, is listed at

93.969 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. It is not subject

to the provisions of Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of

Federal Programs (as implemented through 45 CFR part 100). This program

is not subject to the Public Health System Reporting Requirements.

Dated: May 16, 1995.

Ciro V. Sumaya,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95-12455 Filed 5-19-95; 8:45 am]

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