This is the official website for CHAMP at the University of Chicago.  CHAMP is an educational program designed to train non-geriatrician clinical educators to become more adept at teaching geriatric topics and covering the ACGME core competencies in the inpatient setting.  Adaptable to doctors, doctors in training, advanced practice nurses and others who care for hospitalized older adults, the CHAMP faculty development course at the University of Chicago resulted in increased geriatric teaching and improved clinical health outcomes during its implementation from 2003 - 2007. 

What's New?    CHAMP Publications:

             Acute Hospital Care for the Elderly Patient: Its Impact on Clinical and Hospital Systems of Care. Medical Clinics of North America.  View Abstract.

             Using Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders Quality Indicators to Measure Quality of Hospital Care for Vulnerable Elders. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  View Full Article .

                (Forthcoming) Curriculum for the Hospitalized Aging Medical Patient. Journal of Hospital Medicine

Access geriatric content areas through the quick links along the top of this page, and learn about the entire CHAMP course via the menu on the left.