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. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that University of
California medical students complete a definable curriculum in
geriatric medicine over the course of their medical school training
to meet recommended core competencies for the care of older persons.
It is the intent of the Legislature that this curriculum instill the
attitudes, knowledge, and skills that physicians need to provide
competent and compassionate care for older persons, including both
didactic and clinical experiences encompassing the spectrum of health
status of older persons and community-based sites for clinical
training.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that University of
California medical residents in internal medicine, family practice,
and psychiatry complete a definable curriculum in geriatric medicine
over the course of their residency training. It is the intent of the
Legislature that this curriculum instill the attitudes, knowledge,
and skills that physicians practicing these specialties need to
provide competent and compassionate care for older persons. This
curriculum should encompass the spectrum of health status of older
persons and include community-based sites for clinical training.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the University of
California be responsible for developing, implementing, maintaining,
and evaluating the geriatric medicine content needed in the
curriculum. The curriculum shall take into consideration the
recommendations of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy
of Sciences, the American Geriatric Society, and other nationally
recognized medical organizations. The expanded geriatric medicine
program and curriculum should be developed and implemented at each
University of California school of medicine as soon as possible, but
no later than September 1, 2003.
(d) The Legislature requests that, no later than March 30, 2003,
the Regents of the University of California submit a progress report
on the status of the implementation of a definable curriculum in
geriatric medicine at each campus in accordance with this act.
(e) The Legislature requests that, no later than March 30, 2004,
the Regents of the University of California submit a report on the
status of the implementation of a definable curriculum in geriatric
medicine at each campus. The report should include the total number
of hours of geriatric instruction to be given at each school of
medicine and the number of weeks of that instruction or experience
provided at each medical school. This report should be written by a
committee that is specifically charged with reporting on the status
of the implementation of this section. The majority of committee
members should be national experts in the geriatric field who are not
University of California employees.
(f) The Legislature requests that every 5 years, commencing no
later than June 30, 2005, the Regents of the University of California
submit a report describing progress in geriatrics training and
related initiatives at each campus in accordance with the act. This
report should be written by a committee that is specifically charged
with evaluating this progress. The majority of committee members
should be national experts in the geriatric field who are not
University of California employees.
(g) Copies of the reports requested in subdivisions (d), (e), and
(f) are to be submitted to the members of the Assembly Committee on
Aging and Long-Term Care, the members of the Senate Health and Human
Services Subcommittee on Aging and Long-Term Care, and the
Chairpersons of the Assembly Committee on Budget and the Senate
Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.
(h) It is the intent of the Legislature that the professors
occupying the University of California endowed chairs in geriatric
medicine funded in the 2000-01 Budget Act provide leadership in
developing and implementing the expanded geriatric medicine programs
and curriculum at the University of California, and that one-time
funds provided to the Academic Geriatric Resource Program in the
Budget Act of 2000 also be used to expand geriatric medicine programs
and curriculum at the university to implement subdivisions (a) and
(b).