Symposia
- Date: Saturday, May 2, 2026
- Time: -
- Track: Research
- CME/CE: 1.0
Moderator: Elizabeth Eckstrom, MD, MPH
Sponsored by the Research Committee and the Junior Faculty Special Interest Group
This symposium will focus on sharing strategies and tools to assist AFHS implementers to train interprofessional teams to practice Age Friendly Care, suggest EHR and workflow tools to facilitate age-friendly adoption, and provide practical strategies to evaluate AFHS work, so that the evidence behind AFHS can be strengthened. Learning Objectives: (1) review the current state of the evidence for how Age Friendly Health Systems improve the health of older adults, including those from under-represented communities, and gain increased familiarity with the Age Friendly Research Network and how to utilize the Network to assist with implementation and evaluation of Age Friendly work; (2) apply tips for using the EHR to improve and sustain your Age Friendly work; (3) build expertise in teaching Age Friendly to interprofessional learners, faculty and staff; and (4) enhance ability to use QI and improvement science methodology to make your Age Friendly efforts more impactful.
Age-Friendly Health Systems in Action: A Practical Guide to QI, the 4Ms, and Scholarly Dissemination
Shivani K. Jindal, MD, MPH
Developing Expertise in Education Research: Preparing Interprofessional Teams To Deliver Age Friendly Care
Andrea Wershof Schwartz, MD, MPH, AGSF
How To Use Implementation Science and QI Evaluation Frameworks To Make Age-Friendly Work Scholarly
Robert E. Burke, MD, MS