AMDA Foundation - Annual Meeting Brings Wave of New RN Members

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Vol XXIV, May `06

Annual Meeting Brings Wave of New RN Members

Vol XXIV, May `06

The Research Network gained 70 new members who signed up during AMDA's Annual Symposium in Dallas, TX, in March. What brought these newcomers to the Network, and what do they hope to accomplish? "It sounded like a great way to network with other academically minded medical directors and to see what kind of research is being done nationally. It also will be great to have access to a national network of nursing homes for the purposes of research," said Vivian Argento, MD, one of the group's new members. She added, "I was struck at the AMDA meeting about how many of these medical directors are interested in doing research in the nursing home setting. The discussions I had with many of my colleagues caused me to ask myself questions that would be researchable. I wanted to be able to continue this dialogue in order to help me brainstorm great research ideas."

Like many new members, Argento is eager to be part of research studies. "I want to be able to have a file of research questions to study. I hope to get my residents involved with as many projects as possible to stimulate an interest among our future physicians in using nursing homes as a site of research and generate an interest in academic geriatrics."

The Foundation welcomes these new members to the Research Network and looks forward to seeing many of them at our fall conference in Florida.