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Geriatric
Psychiatry Fellowship
Overview of Training:
The Geriatric Psychiatry
Fellowship program is designed
for those who have completed
training in psychiatry.
The fellowship program curriculum
is comprised of clinical,
education, and teaching/administrative
components, with the concentration
in each component adjusted
based on the program option
selected. Opportunities
for integrated learning
and the multidisciplinary
team approach to care in
a broad-based learning environment
prepare all fellows for
careers in academic and
clinical geriatrics. The
core geriatric fellowship
curriculum serves as the
basis for both the one and
two year training options,
although the two-year training
option is more research-focused
and geared toward academic
geriatric psychiatry. The
fellowship program in geriatric
psychiatry focuses on building
skills in the care of elderly
individuals with complex
problems. Geriatric psychiatry
fellows receive the same
didactic curriculum content
as geriatric medicine fellows.
However, the focus of the
geriatric psychiatry clinical
practice is integrated with
medicine and structured
to provide a comprehensive
experience in outpatient
geriatric psychiatry and
psychiatric consultation
and liaison.
The psychiatry fellow participates
as a core team member in
the Memory Assessment Program
and is available for psychiatric
consultation for complex
geriatric patients referred
for geriatric assessment
who may be experiencing
a psychiatric problem. A
limited number of elderly
patients are followed longitudinally
for regular outpatient psychiatric
counseling and medication
management in the office
setting. In the acute care
setting, the psychiatry
fellow participates in geriatric
psychiatry consultations
in the Kennedy Health System.
The extended and long term
care settings also offer
an array of geropsychiatric
experiences, provided on
a consultation basis in
a geriatric partial hospitalization
program, assisted living
facilities, behavioral management
unit, and a number of nursing
homes encompassing varied
socioeconomic levels, several
of which offer subacute
care. Specialty rotations
are provided in Geriatric
Neurology, Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation, Subacute
Care, Crisis (Psychiatric
Emergency Services) and
Hospice. Specialized geropsychiatric
services and administrative
functions are part of the
geropsychiatry experience.
Accreditation
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Eligibility
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Opportunities
and Application
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Salary
and Benefits
Accreditation
The UMDNJ-School
of Osteopathic Medicine-OPTI
Geriatric Psychiatry
Fellowship Program has applied
for accreditation by the
American Osteopathic Board
of Neurology and Psychiatry.
Geriatric psychiatry fellows
are eligible to sit for
an examination leading to
a Certificate of Added Qualification
(CAQ) in osteopathic geriatric
psychiatry. Fellows receive
a certificate of academic
achievement in geriatrics
as recognition for completing
the fellowship program.
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Eligibility
Qualified candidates must have graduated from an AOA-accredited
college of osteopathic medicine, completed a one-year rotation or tracked internship, as well as 2 years of an AOA-approved
psychiatry residency program or an ACGME approved psychiatry residency program for which AOA approval has been granted. Selection is based on interest in geriatrics, past performance and desire for an academic career or a career in clinical geriatric psychiatry. Minority candidates are encouraged to apply. Applicants must obtain a New Jersey medical license.
Opportunities
Designed for psychiatrists
who are interested in a
career in academic geriatric
psychiatry, the two-year
fellowship program offers
a strong research component
with protected time for
research during the first
and second years. Fellows
work directly with faculty
and a research consultant
to identify an area of interest
and are encouraged to develop
an independent research
project. Fellows are guided
through the research proposal
process, design a research
methodology, conduct their
own research and analyze
the findings. At the end
of the second year, fellows
are expected to complete
a paper of publishable quality
based on their completed
research project. The teaching/administration
component, in addition to
the research project, distinguishes
the two-year from the one-year
fellowship option.
Offered in response to
the growing need for geriatric
psychiatrists, a one-year
fellowship option is offered
for those who are seeking
a career in clinical geriatric
psychiatry. Designed to
prepare psychiatrists as
experts in geriatric psychiatry
and consultation, an added
aspect of the program is
the teaching experience
and scholarly expertise
provided in the fellowship
program milieu. The curriculum
and requirements for the
one-year fellowship program
have been modified to accommodate
a strong focus on clinical
geriatric practice. Clinical
experiences in ambulatory,
acute, subacute and long
term care settings are planned
in block schedules with
longitudinal experiences
provided throughout the
continuum of care. All fellows
in the one-year program
are required to complete
a scholarly research paper.
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Salary
and Benefits
Salaries
effective from September
1, 2007 until August 31,
2008:
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