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Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Curriculum

Designated by the John A. Hartford Foundation as a National Center of Excellence in Geriatrics, the University of Pittsburgh offers fellowship training in geriatric medicine and geriatric psychiatry.

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I. Introduction / Overview

• University of Pittsburgh Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program

II. Key Faculty Profiles

• Key Faculty Profiles

III. Fellowship Responsibilities

• Geriatric Medicine Fellow Responsibilities

IV. Division Policies

• Clinical Responsibilities
• Duty Hour Policy
• Moonlighting Policy
• On Call Activities
• Supervision Policy

V. Graduate Medical Education (GME) Policies

• GME Policies

VI. Program Requirements for Geriatric Fellowship

• ACGME Requirements
• AGS Position Statement Guidelines

VII. Curriculum Goals & Objectives

Required Rotations

• Geriatric ENT
• Geriatric Evaluation and Management
• Geriatric Psychiatry
• Hospital-Based Care
  • Common Problems
• Long-Term Care
  • The Continuum of Care
• Longitudinal Clinic Experience
• Neurology
• Pain Management Clinic
• Palliative Care
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Wound Care
• Home-Based Primary Care

Examples of Elective Rotations

• Falls and Mobility
• Family Hospice
• Nephrology
• Palliative Care (elective)
• Rheumatology
• Urinary Incontinence

VIII. Compliance/Quality Improvement

• Fellow Compliance Training
• Physician Stress and Impairment
  • Burnout, Part 1
  • Burnout, Part 2
  • Burnout, Part 3
  • Burnout, Part 4

IX. Rotation Schedules

• 2008 - 2009 Rotation Schedules
• Rotation Details

X. 2nd Year Academic Phase

• Academic Career Implementation Form
• Academic Fellow Feedback Form
• Academic Phase
• Career Planning Form
• Component Evaluation Form
• Summary Evaluation Form

XI. Conferences

• Conferences and Interdisciplinary Team Rounds
• Core Curriculum for Geriatric Medicine Fellows
• GRECC Conference Schedule

XII. Teaching Experiences

• Teaching Requirements

XIII. Core Competencies

• Core Competencies (Full)
• Core Competencies (Minimum)

XIV. Evaluations

• How and When is Fellow Program Evaluated
• 360 Degree Block Rotation
• Competency-based
• Evaluation of Presentations, Lectures
• Fellow Evaluate Preceptor
• Fellow Evaluate Rotation
• Annual Confidential Program Evaluation
• Outpatient Evaluation of Fellow
• Block Rotation

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