Current Projects
The Boston Geriatric Education Model (GEM) Consortium
SSW Investigator(s):
Scott Miyake Geron, MSW, PhD; Trudy Zimmerman, MSW; Reeve Goldhaber,
MSW, LICSW; Robert Hudson, PhD; Kathy Kuhn, MSW, LICSW
Funding Source:
New York Academy of Medicine
Project Description:
BUSSW was awarded $75,000 from the New York Academy of Medicine
to continue the Boston GEM Consortium, an innovative rotation-model practicum
program for MSW students that BUSSW has operated for six years. The Boston
GEM Consortium is based on a collaborative partnership between BUSSW
and eight health and social service organizations serving low-income
neighborhoods in Boston. With this funding, the BUSSW GEM Project joins
35 other schools participating in the Practicum Partnership Program (PPP),
a national initiative funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation to educate
over 1,000 social workers in aging over the next eight years.
