Major Objectives

• To provide an organization to serve as a voice for the goals and interests of the nation's Geriatric Education Centers (GECs);

• To facilitate the interactions of the individual GECs with each other; 

• To provide guidance to the United States Public Health Service and other organizations in the development of programs to enhance the education of health care practitioners and others; 

• To educate organizations and the public about necessary priorities in geriatric education;

• To provide an organization that will work with other interest groups in geriatrics and gerontology to enhance opportunities for the education of health care practitioners in geriatrics and gerontology;  and

• To disseminate information in the field of geriatric education.