Register for the IPE Care in Geriatrics Aging Place Program (PHMY 5011/CIPP 621) at the Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging in Baltimore. This is a 1- to 3-credit, graduate-level course that provides a model of education through a shared classroom of community members and interprofessional students from UMB; the University of Maryland, College Park; and the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Students in audiology, bachelor’s and master of nursing programs, dental hygiene, dentistry, the doctor of nursing practice program, medicine, physical therapy, pharmacy, physician associate, social work, as well as gerontology trainees from the University of Maryland Graduate School participate in the program, working together to bridge the health disparities that older adults face. One of the goals is to assist the neighbors to age in place through collaboration with the UMB health professional schools, educational efforts as well as community partnerships.

For more information, contact Dr. Daniel Mansour, Interprofessional Clinical Coordinator at The Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.

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