Geriatric Fellowship Curriculum

The curriculum is organized to provide a longitudinal experience at a sufficient level for the fellow to acquire the competence of a geriatrician in patient care, medical knowledge, professionalism, communication, interpersonal skills, system-based practice and practice-based learning and improvement.

Our training program has clinical experiences as fellows

Block Rotations

• Inpatient Palliative Care (KU)
• Inpatient Neurology (KU)
• Inpatient Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (KU)
• Skilled Nursing Facility (3 various facilities)
• Assisted Living
• Outpatient Palliative Care (VA)
• Medical Direction/Long-Term Care (VA)
• Geriatrics Psychiatry (VA)
• Geriatric Syndromes wth experience in outpatient memory clinic, urology and urogynecology, wound care, osteoporosis

Longitudinal Experiences

• Geriatric Interprofessional Assessment Clinic
• Primary Care Clinic
• Long-Term Care
• Housecalls

Didactics

• Monthly
  • Journal Club
  • Morbidity/Mortality
  • GeriPal Ethic Conference
• Weekly
  • Core reading/discussion
  • Board review
• Plus
  • Education and teaching
  • Mentoring in leadership skills
  • Case conferences
  • Local supplementary research and clinical conferences