§ 57.4004 - Program requirements.

(a) The Secretary will award grants to meet the cost of carrying out one or more of the following six purposes:

(1) Improve the training of health professionals in geriatrics;

(2) Develop and disseminate curricula relating to the treatment of the health problems of elderly individuals;

(3) Expand and strengthen instruction in methods of geriatric treatment;

(4) Support the training and retraining of faculty;

(5) Support continuing education of health professionals and allied health professionals who provide geriatric treatment; and

(6) Establish new affiliations with nursing homes, chronic and acute disease hospitals, ambulatory care centers, and senior centers in order to provide students with clinical training in geriatric medicine.

(b) Projects must include one or more of the activities in paragraphs (a) (1) through (6) of this section for four or more types of health professionals as defined in § 57.4002 of this subpart.

(c) Each project must evaluate the program systematically, including the determination of a baseline at the outset of the project and the measurement of the degree to which program and educational objectives are met.