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As part of the fellowship training, fellows and faculty meet monthly to discuss current reseach in geriatrics.
Journal club is held in the VA Geriatrics Conference Room on the second Wednesday of every month from 12:00-1:00pm. Lunch is provided.
Below is the schedule for journal club for the 2009-2010 academic year, with article citations. To view the article, click on the  button, which will take you to the link for this article in the UCSF Library. Please note: this link may not work if you are not on the UCSF Network, in which case you will need to go directly to PubMed.
To see articles that were discussed at past years' journal clubs, please click here.
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| July 8, 2009 |
BMJ |
Brown J, Pengas G, Dawson K, et al. Self administered cognitive screening test (TYM) for detection of Alzheimer’s disease: cross sectional study. BMJ 2009;338;b2030.
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| August 12, 2009 |
Journal of the American Medical Association |
Dong X-Q, Simon M, Mendes de Leon C, et al. Elder Self-neglect and Abuse and Mortality Risk in a Community-Dwelling Population. JAMA. 2009;302(5):517-526.
Gill TM. Elder Self-neglect: Medical Emergency or Marker of Extreme Vulnerability? JAMA. 2009;302(5):570-571.
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| September 9, 2009 |
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry |
Kinsella GJ, Mullaly E, Rand E, et al. Early intervention for mild cognitive impairment: a randomised controlled trial. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2009 Jul;80(7):730-6. Epub 2009 Mar 29.
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| October 14, 2009 |
Neurology |
Yaffe K, Fiocco AJ, Lindquist K. Predictors of maintaining cognitive
function in older adults:
The Health ABC Study. Neurology. 2009;72(23):2029-35.
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| November 18, 2009 |
Journal of General Internal Medicine |
Schonberg MA, Davis RB, McCarthy EP, and Marcantonio ER. Index to Predict 5-Year Mortality of Community-Dwelling Adults Aged 65 and Older Using Data from the National Health Interview Survey. J Gen Intern Med 2009;24(10):1115–22.
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For more information, please contact:
Jonathan Leff
Fellowship Coordinator
UCSF Division of Geriatrics
3333 California Street, Suite 380
San Francisco, CA 94143-1265
(415) 476-3174
leff@medicine.ucsf.edu
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