Geriatric Fellowship Program
Curriculum Components

Research

Coursework includes biostatistics, research methodology, and epidemiological methods in health and social services management. Fellows are assigned to mentors who integrate them into existing seminar courses on the three campuses and help them select a research topic. Ongoing research on the three campuses occurs in the biology of aging, health promotion and older adults, long-term care system development, and geriatric care and practice.

Teaching

Educational seminars include communication skills, patient management, personnel management, and instruction in the planning and development of instructional materials and educational evaluation materials. Fellows are given an opportunity to prepare and present materials to a variety of groups in a variety of settings.

Administration

Fellows audit courses in total quality management for healthcare aging service programs, computer applications in long-term care, and housing for the elderly. Each fellow also attends appropriate professional organization meetings such as those held by the American Medical Directors Association and works as a medical director for six months.

Geriatrics Clinical Care

The didactic curriculum will include block rotations and longitudinal experiences. Fellows work in acute-care hospital, nursing home care unit, hospital-based home care, geropsychiatric care unit, rehabilitative/restorative unit and assisted living facilities. Longitudinal experiences will include geriatric clinics and nursing homes.