Programs

Students represent elderly clients in negotiations, administrative hearings, and court proceedings on a variety of legal matters, including basic wills and powers of attorney, guardianships, consumer issues, Medicaid and Medicare benefits, nursing home regulation and quality of long-term care, elder abuse and neglect, and advance medical directives. Students develop practical skills by participating in client interviewing, counseling, and trial advocacy. Students may engage in policy analysis and advocacy work with partnering organizations including including the Jefferson Area Board for Aging (JABA), the Legal Aid Justice Center, the Virginia Elder Rights Coalition, and the Senior Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association.

The UVa Children's Medical Center offers a number of resources for kids diagnosed with cancer, including access to the Madge M. Jones Activity Terrace, the Back To School program, S.M.I.L.E., Family Day Picnic, and links to additional cancer support resources on the Web.

Classes, brochures, internet access, and a lending library of books, videos, and audiotapes provide cancer patients and their families with the information they need to actively participate in their treatment.

CardioVillage provides free continuing medical education (CME) credit in cardiovascular medicine. More than 240 hours of CME (24 CEUs) are currently available.

UVa’s Center for Global Health, formed in 2001, is at the vanguard of university initiatives tackling global health challenges. The Center’s multidisciplinary approach is three-pronged. It trains fellows from international partner institutions to become the new generation of leaders in global health. It sends UVa undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines – CGH scholars - to points around the global to address global health issues. The Center also helps create new global health-related curriculum

Based in the Office of Medical Education, CSTAP recruits and trains simulated or standardized patients for instructional and assessment exercises.

The Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign gives state employees an easy way to contribute to charities of their choice.

The Community Relations Office produces a guide to the services and programs U.Va. provides to Central Virginia residents. The Guide describes educational opportunities, medical programs, cultural activities, athletic events and special services.

The Office of Continuing Medical Education offers opportunities for learning that enhance the skills and knowledge of health care professionals in accordance with the standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

This three day advanced program is intended to introduce different models of ethics programs, differing models of services that ethics programs provide, as well as enhance the skills of those institutional representatives already serving on ethics programs. In addition, it will supply the tools to participants to identify areas in the institution where ethics programs might consider enlarging their role.