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:

• 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.