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PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

  • Tumosa N, Horvath KJ, Huh T, Livote EE, Howe JL, Jones LI, Kramer BJ.  Health Care Workforce Development in Rural America: When Geriatrics Expertise is 100 Miles Away.  Gerontol Geriatr Educ, 2012 Apr;33(2):133-51. PMID: 22490071

  • Hung WW, Rossi M, Thielke S, Caprio T, Barczi S, Kramer BJ, Kochersberger G, Boockvar KS, Howe JL, Brody A.  A Multi-site Geriatric Education Program for Rural Providers in the Veteran Healthcare System (GRECC-Connect).Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2014;35(1):23-24.DOI: 10.1080/02701960.2013.870902. PMID: 24397348

  • Kramer BJ.  The Geriatric Scholars Program.  The Federal Practitioner, 2015, 32;5:46-48.

  • Kramer BJ, Creekmur B, Howe JL, Trudeau S, Douglas JR, Garner K, Bales C, Callaway-Lane C, Barczi S. Veterans Affairs Geriatric Scholars Program: Enhancing Existing Primary Care Clinician Skills in Caring for Older Veterans. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 Nov;64(11):2343-2348. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14382

  • Howe JL, Penrod JD, Gottesman E, Bean A, Kramer BJ. The rural interdisciplinary team training program: a workforce development workshop to increase geriatrics knowledge and skills for rural providers, Gerontol Geriatr Educ, 2019, 40(1):3-15. DOI: 10.1080/02701960.2018.1454917

  • Huh JWT, Rodriguez R, Gould CE, R Brunskill S, Melendez L, Kramer BJ. Developing a program to increase geropsychology competencies of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) psychologists. Gerontol Geriatr Educ.Oct-Dec 2020;41(4):463-479. doi: 10.1080/02701960.2018.1491402. Epub 2018 Jul 10. PMID: 29989527

  • Howe JL, Kramer BJ. Workforce Issues in Geriatrics in Rural America.  Current Reports in Geriatr, 2019;8:1, 49-54

  • Burningham Z, Richter R, Leng J, Chen W, Huynh T, Hansen J, Patel S, Halwani A, Sauer BC, Kramer BJ. Impact of the Veterans Affairs Geriatric Scholars Program on Prescribing Practices of Beers Medications. Am J Manag Care 2019 25(9):425-430. PMID:31518091

  • Richter R, Burningham Z, Sauer BC, Leng J, Peters C, Huynh T, Patel S, Halwani AS, Kramer BJ. Usability testing a potentially inappropriate medication dashboard: A core component of the dashboard development process.  Appl Clin Inform, 2020;11(4):528-534. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1714693. Epub 2020 Aug 12

  • Huh JWT, Rodriguez R, Gregg JJ, Scales AN, Kramer BJ, Gould CE. Improving Geropsychology Competencies of Veterans Affairs Psychologists. J Am Geriatr Soc, 2021 Epub January 12, 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17029

  • Kramer, BJ, Richter RL, Weintraub NT. VA Education Enhancing Interprofessional Team-Based Primary Care for Elders in Indian Health Service Gerontol Geriatr Ed, 20222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2022.2056735

  • Gregg JJ, Rodriguez RL, Mehta PS, Kramer BJ, Gould CE. Enhancing Specialty Training in Geropsychology Competencies: An Evaluation of a VA Geriatric Scholars Program Advanced Topics Workshop. Gerontol Geriatr Ed, e pub April 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2022.2069764

  • Burningham, Z., Lagha, R. R., Duford-Hutchinson, B., Callaway-Lane, C., Sauer, B. C., Halwani, A. S., Bell, J., Huynh, T., Douglas, J. R., & Kramer, B. J. (2022). Developing the VA Geriatric Scholars Programs' Clinical Dashboards Using the PDSA Framework for Quality Improvement. Applied clinical informatics, 13(4), 961–970. E-pub October 12, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1757553. PMID: 36223868

  • Koufacos N, Gottesman E, Dorisca E, Howe JL. Supporting Caregivers of Veterans with Dementia, Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, 2023 e pub Mar 1, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1080/15524256.2023.2184597

VA NEWSLETTERS

INVITED PRESENTATIONS, EXTERNAL TO VA

  • Kramer, BJ. Geriatric Scholars Program: Continuing Professional Development. National Academies of Medicine, Science and Engineering, Global Health Committee. December 8, 2022. 
  •  Kramer, BJ, Melendez, LG, Clark S, Douglas JR. Geriatric Scholars Program. VHA Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care , Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee. April 26, 2023.

PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

  • Kramer B., Chair. Shay K, Discussant. VA GRECC Symposium: Educating rural primary care providers on care of older Veterans. The Gerontologist 50 S1, 2010:340.
  • Kramer BJ. The Geriatric Scholars Program: An Overview The Gerontologist 50 S1, 2010:341.
  • Chernoff R.  Alessi C, Kramer, B, Saunders MJ, Tumosa N. Clinical practica: an educational Enhancement of the Geriatric Scholars Program The Gerontologist 50 S1, 2010:341.
  • Kramer BJ. The VA Geriatric Scholars Program: Enhancing Skills in Rural Primary Care.  The Gerontologist 51;S2, 2011:204.
  • Jones LI, Kramer J, Chernoff R, Howe JL, Francisco F. Creating a learning community and webinar series for clinicians working with older Veterans in rural settings. The Gerontologist 51;S2, 2011:374.
  • Chair: Barczi S, Co-Chair: Kramer B [sic]. Educating A Workforce In Rural America: The Geriatric Scholar Program .The Gerontologist  52;S1, 2012:680
  • Callaway-Lane C, Hathaway J, Speroff, T. Quality improvement workshop, project development and scholar coaching: practicing the skills of healthcare improvement at the patient level. The Gerontologist 52;S1, 2012:680

  • Howe, JL, Griffith JL. Rural interdisciplinary team training for rural healthcare providers: enhancing team skills to improve care for older veterans. The Gerontologist 52;S1, 2012:680

  • Barczi S.  Clinical practica: reinforcing self-efficacy with clinical experiences in geriatric medicine. The Geriatric Scholar Program. The Gerontologist  52;S1, 2012:681

  • Kramer BJ, Creekmur B, Cote S, Katz ML, Kraus B. Collaboration between VA and Indian Health Service: New Models of Home Based Primary Care. Paper presented at the 2014 Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, November 8, 2014, Washington DC . The Gerontologist (2014) 54 (Suppl 2):464.

  • Kramer BJ, Howe JL. VA GRECC Symposium: The role of education in implementation science.  Presented at the 2014 Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, November 8, 2014, Washington DC . The Gerontologist (2014) 54 (Suppl 2):593.

  • Hung WW, Kramer BJ, Hennon JG, Caprios TV, Moo L, Espinoza  SE,  Barczi S, Howe JL. A Multisite clinical educational demonstration program to serve rural veterans (GRECC-Connect). Presented at the 2014 Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, November 8, 2014, Washington DC . The Gerontologist (2014) 54 (Suppl 2):594.

  • Zachary Burningham, Jianwei Leng, Randall Rupper, et al. ,Creation of a Dashboard Reporting System that Identifies the Near Real-Time Risk of a Psychiatric Hospitalization, 2016

  • Burningham Z, Richter R, Sauer BC, Leng J, Peters C, Huynh T, Patel S, Halwani A, Kramer BJ. Usability Testing a Clinical Dashboard Reporting System: Lessons Learning from the Veterans Affairs Geriatric Scholars Program. 2018 AMIA Clinical Informatics Conference; Scottsdale, AZ

  • Kramer, B, Rudolph J. Informatics, QI & the VA Geriatric Scholars Program: Empowering Primary Care. Symposium at the annual scientific meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, November 2018, Innovation in Aging, Volume 2, Issue suppl_1, 1 November 2018, Pages 814.

  • Douglas J. In their words: learner-reported impacts of the Geriatric Scholars Program. Presentation at the annual scientific meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, November 2018, Innovation in Aging, Volume 2, Issue suppl_1, 1 November 2018, Pages 814-815.

  • Burningham Z, Richter Lagha R, Leng J,  Peter C, Huynh, T, Kramer J. Creation of a suite of quality improvement dashboards for the Geriatric Scholars Program. Presentation at the annual scientific meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, November 2018, Innovation in Aging, Volume 2, Issue suppl_1, 1 November 2018, Pages 814-815.

  • Kramer J , Callahan C, Douglas J  et al.  Spread & sustainment of QI in VA rural primary care clinics.  Annual Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, November 2019, Austin TX.

  • Howe J. An evaluation of the VHA rural interdisciplinary team training program: outcomes & implications. Annual Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, November 2019, Austin TX.

  • Rodriguez R, Scales A. The Effect of Geropsychology Training on Job Effectiveness Among VA Psychologists. Annual Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, November 2019, Austin TX.

  • Kramer J. GRECCs as a Network: to Enhance the VA Primary care workforce. Annual Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, November 2019, Austin TX.

  • O’Hanlon C, Saliba D, Wong M et al. Sustainment and Spread of Quality Improvement Projects Implemented in a Geriatrics Workforce Development Program. Annual Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, November 2019, Austin TX.

  • O’Hanlon C, Saliba D, Douglas J et al. Spread of Quality Improvement Projects Implemented in a Geriatrics Workforce Development Program.  Annual Scientific Meetings of QUERI/HSRD, 2019.

  • O’Hanlon C, Saliba D, Douglas J et al. Spread of Quality Improvement Projects Implemented in a Geriatrics Workforce Development Program. Annual Scientific Meetings of Academy Health, 2019.

  • Duford-Hutchinson B, Sauer BC, Kramer BJ, et al Large-Scale Post-Development Usability Measurement of the VA Geriatric Scholars Program’s Potentially Inappropriate Medication Dashboard (PIMD). Annual Scientific Meetings of QUERI/HSRD, 2019.

  • Gould, C. E., Rodriguez, R., Gregg, J., Mehta, P., & Kramer, B. J. (2023, May). Mentored independent learning plans among psychologists: A mixed methods investigation. Poster presentation at the 2023 American Geriatrics Society Conference, Long Beach, CA.

  • Mehta, P. S., Rodriguez, R., Gregg, J. J., Kramer, J., & Gould, C. E. (2023, May) Associations with baseline confidence in geropsychology competencies. Poster presentation at the 2023 American Geriatrics Society Conference, Long Beach, CA.


VA PRESENTATIONS OR REPORTS

  • Kramer,  Geriatric Scholars Program, GEC Leads annual meeting, 2015, 2019.
  • Kramer, J. Geriatric Scholars Program. All GRECC Conference, organized by Office GEC, 2016.
  • Kramer, BJ.  VA Geriatric Scholars Program: A national workforce development program.  Office of Rural Health Community Call. July 2017.
  • Kramer J. Geriatric Scholars Program. GEC Leads monthly call, 2018, 2019
  • Howe JL, Kramer J. Rural Workforce Development. Cleveland GRECC Webinar June 15, 2020 (archived – contact Barbara.Heath@va.gov)
  • Kramer, BJ.  VA Geriatric Scholars Program: A national workforce development program for primary care teams.  Office of Rural Health Community Call. August 19, 2020

OTHER REPORTS, PRESENTATIONS, DISSEMINATION

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