Didactic Curriculum

Geriatric Psychiatry and Medicine Fellows Seminar

This weekly seminar is run jointly by the faculty in Geriatric Psychiatry and Medicine, and is designed to give fellows from both disciplines thorough grounding in the essential topics in geriatric psychiatry and medicine. The seminars include a review of the relevant literature and give the fellows the opportunity to consolidate knowledge about the fundamentals of geriatric medicine and psychiatry. The fellows also have the opportunity to foster their own scholarship and develop skills for the critical analysis of the research literature around a pertinent topic.

Geriatric Psychiatry Fellows Tutorial

This is a weekly tutorial for the geriatric psychiatry fellows that give them the opportunity to dig deeper into a topic of interest that may have arisen in a clinical situation. The tutorial is a blend of case discussion and relevant literature review, and gives the fellow another occasion to pursue independent scholarship.

Clinical Research Preceptorship

Fellows have the opportunity to pursue research interests during their clinical year of training. A variety of faculty members participate in research activities. Their projects include studies in geriatric depression, dementia, normal aging, neuroimaging, traumatic grief, and effects of stress in the elderly, to name a few. The faculty serves as research mentors and assists the fellow in the development of a research project. Fellows have the opportunity to apply for an additional year of research training, if interested.

Journal Club

Fellows have the opportunity to participate in three monthly evidence based journal clubs run by the geriatric psychiatry faculty members at different sites. Journal clubs review new scientific papers and landmark research in an evidenced based fashion. Faculty and Fellows lead the presentation and discussion and participants could include psychiatry residents, medical students, geriatric medicine fellows, and APRNs.

In addition to these activities, many of the rotations offer site-specific rounds/seminars that include case based discussion and relevant literature review.