Nevada Geriatric Education Center
The Nevada Geriatric Education Center's (NGEC) mission is to enhance the quality of life and well-being among elders through the education of health care professionals, faculty and students and care partners.
Continuing Medical Education and/or Continuing Education Units may be available for trainings. Sign up for the NGEC listserv for updates on offerings and program announcements or contact the NGEC team at NGEC@unr.edu.
Check out the NGEC program and Zoom policies for questions about program operating processes.
Geriatric Lecture Series
Expand your knowledge with our free Geriatric Lecture Series, designed for healthcare professionals, caregivers and community members. These expert-led workshops cover a variety of topics to help you better understand and support aging adults. Select sessions also offer continuing education credits. Check back for future lectures.
New Educational Offerings:
Elevate your care with age & ability-friendly strategies!
We’re offering FREE virtual workshops on providing inclusive care for older adults and those with varying abilities. These workshops are open to anyone in healthcare, interested community members or family members caring for an older adult. Join our email list for details about these upcoming workshops or register for any of the aging and ability-friendly care workshops here.
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | 12-1 p.m. PST – Words that Heal: Enhancing Communication in Patient Care
- Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | 12-1 p.m. PST – Multi-Complexity: The 5th M in Age Friendly Care
Long-Term Care Administrators, Nurses, Physicians and Social Workers—it’s your chance to earn continuing education credits!
Achieving excellence in relationship-centered dementia care
Register for this FREE four-part series designed to empower care partners (family and professional) with the skills and insights needed for high-quality, relationship-centered, culturally responsive dementia care.
Wednesday and Thursday, April 30, May 1, 7, & 8, 2025 | 9:00 am - 12:15 p.m. PT
Drawing from evidence-based practices and a holistic understanding of dementia, this comprehensive training offers tools and approaches to enhance communication, foster meaningful relationships, and engage in individualized care and support. This series is broadly applicable across care settings, equipping participants with strategies to meet the unique needs of each person living with dementia they serve.
This is a four-part series, in which each session builds upon the material in the prior sessions. Please plan to attend all four sessions.
Long-Term Care Administrators, Nurses, Physicians and Social Workers—it’s your chance to earn continuing education credits!
Interprofessional Certificate in Geriatric Care
Learn how to apply the 4Ms framework (what matters, medication, mentation and mobility) of age-friendly health systems to offer better care to your patients and advance in your career! This certificate is offered online and at your own pace with select opportunities for interactive/interdisciplinary volunteer patient simulation.
At this time, the certificate is offered to graduate-level students and faculty. For consideration of this certificate and to learn if you qualify, please contact the Nevada Geriatric Education Center.
Improving the Care of Elders through Community and Academic Partnerships (ICECAP)
This interprofessional geriatrics education network offers training and resources for primary care teams and family caregivers. The network is a partnership among academia, clinical sites and community services that trains current and future providers to assess and address the primary care needs of older adults by transforming clinical training environments to support age-friendly health care.