Summer Geriatrics Institute

The Summer Geriatrics Institute is a 2-day conference for health care professionals who wish to improve their knowledge of elder-care.  The SGI has occured annually since 1989.  It is appropriate for all levels of learners and is required for OkGEC scholars. Students are offered a reduced cost for registration.

Participants tell us that they place great importance on educational events that require partial or full-day attendance.  It allows them to focus on the education and offers critical networking opportunities. 

The SGI will be held in the OCCE complex

(Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education)
1704 Asp Eve., Norman, OK
Parking is available on the southeast side of the building.
If you get lost, call 325-7378, 325-3602 or 760-9373.

Co-Sponsored by the
Oklahoma Geriatric Education Center
and the
OUHSC College of Nursing Reynolds Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence

2009 SGI

July 15-16, 2009

Celebrating 20 Years of Interdisciplinary Geriatric Education

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Keynote address by the Deputy Director of the NIH National Institute of Aging.

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Get Nursing, SW and LPC CEUs!

July 16-17, 2008; 19th SGI

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Cheryl E. Woodson, MD, FACP, AGSF was our Keynote speaker (To Survive Caregiving: A daughter’s experience, a doctor’s advice on finding hope, help and health). Lance Robertson and Beth Batman (Oklahoma’s Aging Services: Caring for the caregiver and older adult) and Larry D. Wright, MD, FACP, AGSF (Geriatric Home Caregivers: Workforce challenge for the twenty-first century) were our plenary speakers. We had a total of 20 sessions.

June 20-21, 2007; 18th SGI

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Lazelle Benefield, PhD was our opening Keynote speaker (Aging and Technology: Friend or Foe?).   We also had a special Plenary Panel on Ethics Issues and Aging. During the two day SGI, 18 different concurrent sessions were offered. 

June 21-22, 2006; 17th SGI

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Peter Winn, MD was our opening Keynote speaker (New Frontiers in Cognitive Disorders in the Elderly).  Jane Carney, MSW (The More Things Change... Reflections on 36 Years in Gerontology) and Keith Swanson, PhamD (OTC and Supplement Use in the Elderly) were our Plenary speakers.  During the two day conference, 21 different concurrent sessions were offered. 

June 22-23, 2005; 16th SGI.

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The keynote speaker was Dr. James Mold whose topic was "Patient Centered Health Care: Living with Chronic Illness.  During the two day institute, 21 different concurrent sessions and 3 plenary sessions were held.  The closing speaker was Dr. Gary Johnson who was the co-chairman of the Oklahoma Attorney General's Task Force on End-of-Life Care.  Dr. Johnson presented the findings and recommendations of that task force.