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15 COM Outlook . Spring 2013
Research/Scholarly Activity - Faculty and Student Achievements
GREAT GEC Hosts Sixth
Annual Training Institute
On February 15-16, the Florida Coastal Geriatric Resourc-
es, Education, and Training Center (GREAT GEC) hosted its
Sixth Annual Training Institute. This year’s theme— Interprofes-
sional Aging Issues in a Global Society—focused on the world-
wide demographic shift moving toward a significantly increasing
population 55 years and older. In 2017, for the first time in
human history, the population aged 65 and older will outnum-
ber the population 5 years and younger. This year’s training
institute selected this topic because of the need for interprofes-
sional geriatric providers to address the multiple needs of this
growing population majority.
Over 100 geriatric professionals and GEC students par-
ticipated in the 2013 event, which attracted attendees from
Poland, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Slovenia,
Hungary, Slovakia, and Lithuania. Highlights included presenta-
tions on innovations in geriatric care regarding topics such as
dance therapy, dementia care, interprofessional team care in
the home, pharmacological administration for depression, and
pain treatment in the geriatric population.
“This training institute provided an outstanding environ-
ment for interprofessional education that brought together
geriatric health professionals, GEC students, and medical
scientists,” said Cecilia Rokusek, Ed.D., RD, GREAT GEC
executive director. “It also provided a foundation for under-
standing the myriad challenges we face as geriatric leaders to
provide adequate numbers of geriatric professionals to meet
the growing demand worldwide.”
To learn more about the 2013 training institute, please visit
www.nova.edu/gec/igs13/index.html.
NSU-COM Faculty Members Share
Expertise at FOMA Convention
A number of full-time faculty members made presentations at
the 110th Annual Florida Osteopathic Medical Association Con-
vention, which was held February 23-26 at the Hyatt Regency
Bonaventure in Weston. They are:
Barbara Arcos, D.O.
“OMT for the Primary Care Physician”
David Boesler, D.O., M.S., and
Yasmin Qureshi, D.P.T., M.H.S, M.P.T.
“Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: A Commonly Missed Diagnosis”
Robert Hasty, D.O., FACOI
“Prevention of Medical Errors”
Kenneth Johnson, D.O., FACOOG
“Domestic Violence”
Andrew Kusienski, D.O.
“OMT for the Injured Athlete”
Naushira Pandya M.D., CMD, and
Siddharth Pandya, D.O.
“Imaging to Improve Clinical Care; What to Order When:
Acute Abdominal, Back, Hip, and Leg Pain,
Edema, and the Diabetic Foot”
Dennis Penzell, D.O., M.S., FACP
“AHEC: Tobacco Control and Treatment in 2013:
Controversies and Solutions”
Anthony J. Silvagni, D.O., Pharm.D., M.Sc., FACOFP dist.
“Federal and State Laws Related to the
Prescribing of Controlled Substances”