GeriatricWeb: Geriatric Resources for the Practicing Physician

GeriatricWeb: Geriatric Resources for the Practicing Physician
GeriatricWeb is a collaborative effort between the Division of Geriatrics at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the University of South Carolina, School of Medicine Library. The project was conceived in October 2002 and is funded by a grant from the National Library of Medicine. (Grant number 1 G07 LM07737-01)

The objective of the GeriatricWeb is to create a web-based geriatric digital library to be used in the education of health care professionals and in the clinical care of the older patient.

The procedure for selection, reviewing and posting resources may be reviewed under the Methodology section. In summary, a “Taxonomy” was derived from a list of Geriatric-specific topics that were matched to the National Library of Medicine’s Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). This taxonomy is a hierarchical list of terms indented to three levels of specificity and is used to search the Internet for resources and to create stored searches. (See Resource Identification) Once resources are identified, they are forwarded to the GeriatricWeb geriatricians or Editor-in-Chief. The resources are then forwarded to a reviewer from the Editorial Review Board (ERB). The review process assesses many attributes of the site, such as the author, audience and quality, using a Geriatric Online Assessment Tool (GO-AT). If the review meets our Acceptance Criteria (see Acceptance Criteria), the resource is posted on the GeriatricWeb with a brief description.