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Geriatric
Fellowship Program
The Curriculum
The fellowship
curriculum is comprised
of clinical,
research,
teaching
and health administration
components. The core curriculum
provides in-depth knowledge
of geriatrics and gerontology,
including biological and
psychosocial aspects of
aging, clinical management
of common health problems
experienced by the elderly
and research design, grant
writing, educational instruction
and health policy issues.
The program includes lectures,
conferences, seminars, journal
club,
Geriatric
Grand Rounds and online
learning opportunities.
Direct experience in administration
and teaching is available
throughout the program,
with medical fellows acting
as medical director of a
nursing home as part of
the fellowship experience.
To go to the
application, click here.
Fellows receive
in-depth exposure to primary
care and consultative geriatrics
in the ambulatory and long
term care settings and follow
patients longitudinally
across the continuum of
care. Integrated learning
experiences for fellows
are offered in all clinical
settings. Specialty rotations
are provided in Rheumatology,
Geriatric Neurology, Geriatric
Psychiatry, Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation, Subacute
Care and Hospice. Other
elective rotations are available
to accommodate individual
interests and needs of the
fellows.
Dental fellows work with
medical fellows in the acute
care setting. They rotate
in the NJISA ½-day
per week, where they perform
dental evaluations as part
of the interdisciplinary
assessment for primary care
patients and provide training
to the medical fellows,
students, and residents.
They do dental consults
for patients in long term
care facilities. The primary
sites for dental ambulatory
care training are University
Dental Center at Somerdale
and the University John
H. Cronin Dental Center
in Northfield. Dental fellows
provide comprehensive dental
care to the geriatric population
and provide clinical and
didactic instruction for
dental students in the Community
Oriented in Dental Education
(CODE) Program. They
teach other fellows and
medical students the proper
approach to comprehensive
oral examination and preventive
concepts of oral hygiene.
All fellows
are expected to acquire
a strong knowledge base
in theoretical and practical
aspects of research in aging,
which will permit them to
critically evaluate the
literature and to design
and conduct their own research.
The research experience
is a key element of the
geriatric fellowship program
and is central to the pursuit
of a career in academic
medicine. Didactic training
is provided in evidence-based
medicine, critical reading
of scientific literature,
hypothesis formulation,
research methodology and
statistical design, data
analysis, and development
of grant-writing skills.
Fellows completing a two-year
program are required to
identify an area of research
and conduct a research project
under faculty mentorship.
Those fellows selecting
the one year fellowship
option are expected to complete
a research paper.
Throughout
the fellowship program,
fellows develop their teaching
skills and acquire an array
of administrative skills.
Fellows function as clinical
educators, interfacing with
medical students and housestaff,
as well as other members
of the multidisciplinary
team. They participate in
multidisciplinary team conferences,
present case reports and
educational programs to
health care professionals
and the lay public. Administrative
concepts are put into practice
in conducting fellowship
meetings and assisting with
curriculum revision and
new fellow orientation.
During the second year of
the program, medical fellows
assume the role of acting
medical director in a nursing
home.
To go to the
application, click here.
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