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Hope you are all doing well. As block 4 is finishing up soon, please remember to do your eValue work (evaluations) and post your required portfolio evidence. You should also have checked in with your block 5 preceptor. We hope to have block 6 confirmed/ reconfirmed
for all of you within the next week. <i>We're doing our best to ensure your P4 year continues as best we can!</i></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(200, 38, 19);"><b><u>A new opportunity is available for Block 6 (week 1)</u></b></span><b><u>:</u> Let me know if you are interested by
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<i style="">(If</i><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> you are in Geriatric-Palliative Care ARCO, you already have been approved to attend.)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">During the</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>1st four days of block 6 (Mon 10/26/20 - Thurs 10/29/20)</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, the Schools of Medicine,
Pharmacy, Nursing, Social Work and Health & Rehab Sciences will be offering the "</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Interprofessional Geriatrics Experience,</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">" which is a four-day remote workshop of experiential
learning activities/content focused on caring for the elderly. This program is led by the School of Medicine, and all health sciences school students are invited to participate. It is unique to the University of Pittsburgh, and is a wonderful learning opportunity
for you. Last year we had 20 P4s attend this experience! </span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The program will be hosted via Microsoft Teams, and will involve your being part of interprofessional teams of learners from 10 different healthcare disciplines at Pitt. Nearly 250 interprofessional students from medicine,
nursing, pharmacy, dental, PT/OT/SLP, social work, and nutrition will be participating this year! You'll learn the fundamentals of aging; skills and approaches to caring for the elderly; review geriatric pharmacology (of course!); and be involved in a week-long
nursing home COVID challenge project, which culminates in the possibility of submitting the best project for a grant (and prize [financial!]) for the winning student g</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">roup. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Regarding your hours -- If you attend these 4 days, this time would be a part of block 6, so you would not have to make-up missed time from your original block 6 APPE. You
would attend "Geri Week" on Mon-Thurs of block 6, and start your regularly scheduled block 6 on Friday, October 30th. I would clear this with your preceptor, as well, in advance of the experience, to make sure you can attend. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thanks for considering. Please let me know by 9/18 if you are interested!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Prof. Skledar</span></div>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Sue Skledar, RPh, MPH, FASHP</p>
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