CURRICULUM
Rotations
Geriatric Internal Med Service - 2 months
Neurology - 2 month
Psychiatry - 2 months
Rehabilitative Medicine - 2 months
Wound Care - 1 month
Elderly Care Specialties 1 - 1 month
Elderly Care Specialties 2 - 1 month
Elective - 1 month
*Elder Care Specialties- Visiting Nurses, Audiology and Speech Therapy, Sleep Assessment, Incontinence Clinic, Osteoporosis, Community Resources, Inpatient and outpatient Hospice, and Podiatry.
Continuity Experiences
Nursing Home Patient Care
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Assisted Living Clinic
Transitional Care Unit
Family or Internal Medicine Continuity Clinic
Hospice Care
Memory Disorder Clinic
Teaching / Administrative Experiences
Nursing Home
Assisted Living
Faculty Meetings
Office Preceptor
Research
Not required but actively encouraged
Educational Conferences
Geriatric Tutorial with Faculty
Geriatric Journal Club and critical analysis
Grand Rounds in Geriatrics and Cardiovascular Diseases
Grand Rounds in Women’s Health and Family Medicine
Geriatric lectures to Family Medicine Residents
*All Graduates who have taken the Certificate of Added Qualification in Geriatric Medicine have passed.
