Geriatric Medicine Track
The Elizabeth Crawford Geriatric Medicine Track
This Geriatric Medicine Track is available to a maximum of two residents per year who match into our residency program.
The goals of the Geriatric Medicine training track are:
- To provide the resident with the skills and knowledge needed to become competent and proficient when caring for geriatric patients in their practice
- To gain experience in geriatric health maintenance, geriatric syndromes, and geriatrics’ procedures
- To prepare the resident for a future geriatric medicine fellowship
Educational Opportunities
- Geriatric medicine lecture series
- Geriatric interdisciplinary team approach
- Geriatric medicine round table
- Geriatric medicine research
Practical Sites
- Hospital inpatients
- Home visits
- Inpatient hospice
- Nursing home
- Outpatient geriatric clinic
PGY-1:
The first-year Geriatric Medicine training track includes:
- Developing knowledge of the core concepts of geriatric medicine
- Receipt of a copy of the Geriatric Review Syllabus
- Developing proficiency in performing geriatric patient assessments
- Involvement in a geriatric medicine research project under the supervision of a geriatric medicine advisor
- Frequent interaction with the geriatric medicine advisor regarding the resident's elderly patients.
PGY-2:
The second-year Geriatric Medicine training track includes:
- A one-month geriatrics rotation, focusing on interdisciplinary team approach, geriatric psychiatry
- Assignment to a nursing home, providing continuity of patient care through graduation
- Presentation of a journal topic in the field of geriatric medicine.
- Attendance at a geriatrics-related continuing medical education (CME) opportunity
- Collaboration with our research director on a project pertaining to geriatrics.
PGY-3:
The third-year Geriatric Medicine training track includes:
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A second one-month geriatric medicine rotation, including time spent with
inpatient hospice,
PM&R, PT/OT/ST, wound care and hyperbaric therapy, and nursing home and home visits - Opportunity to complete a hospice elective
- Presentation of a geriatric medicine research project on research day
- Participation in the geriatric medicine lecture series.