title: The geriatric interdisciplinary team training (GITT) program.
abstract: Geriatric interdisciplinary team training (GITT) is an initiative funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation since 1995. Building from the substantial knowledge gained from the Veteran's Administration project in interdisciplinary team training and lessons from the Pew Foundation initiative, GITT was reconceived by the Foundation to address the need for teams in the care of older adults in the new era of managed care and health care cost containment. This training program has served to help us understand attitudes toward teams, how teams function, and how teams should be trained in the changing health care environment, where length of stay is dramatically different from the earlier team training projects. This introductory paper provides an overview of GITT, and the companion papers give detail of the GITT curricula, measures and lessons learned.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nursing, New York University, School of Education, 246 Greene Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10003, USA.
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fulmer
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Flaherty
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hyer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003363:Cost Control; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D005582:Foundations; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007857:Leadership; D007902:Length of Stay; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D017145:Models, Educational; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration; D014146:Training Support; D014481:United States