Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Training:

Geriatric Medicine Fellowship training is available to physicians who have completed three years of Family Medicine or Internal Medicine residency training in the United States.  Upon successful completion of a one-year clinical Geriatric Medicine track, all Geriatric Medicine Fellows are eligible to sit for the Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) in Geriatrics of the ABIM/ABFP.

Emory Geriatric Medicine Fellows attend weekly Geriatric Medicine core curriculum classes offered weekly during the first three months of fellowship training.  The purpose of these training sessions is twofold:

• to educate and update all new fellows on the basic principles of geriatric medical care
• to provide educational resources (lectures, lesson plans, learning objectives, handouts, journal articles, etc) to support the geriatric medicine fellows’ teaching responsibilities (training staff, students and residents at their respective rotation sites).

Emory Geriatric Medicine Fellows attend all required didactic activities (Journal Club, Geriatric Medicine Seminars, Long Term Care Teaching Rounds, Bedside Teaching Rounds, Interdisciplinary Case Conferences, Resident Roundtables, Medicine Grand Rounds and Core Lectures).

Areas of Clinical Training:

Geriatric Assessment and Management
Emory Geriatric Medicine Fellows receive training in the principles of medical, functional, and psychosocial assessment and management of older adults in the hospital, outpatient clinic, home, and nursing home.

Inpatient and Consult Service
Emory Geriatric Medicine Fellows receive training in the care of acutely ill geriatric medical patients and providing geriatric consults for patients on other services in a hospital setting.

Nursing Home Care

 Emory Geriatric Medicine Fellows receive training in the medical administration of Long Term Care facilities and in the primary care of patients in nursing homes at all levels of nursing home care.

Hospice
Emory Geriatric Medicine Fellows receive training in the management of terminally ill patients in both an inpatient and outpatient setting.

Longitudinal Ambulatory Care
Emory Geriatric Medicine Fellows are assigned a panel of patients and are the primary care physician in an outpatient setting under the supervision of a clinical preceptor.

Longitudinal Nursing Home Care

Emory Geriatric Medicine Fellows are assigned a panel of patients at one of four affiliated nursing homes to be followed for the duration of the fellowship.

Geriatric Psychiatry
Emory Geriatric Medicine Fellows receive training in the diagnosis and management of psychiatric problems in the elderly.

Research Program
Emory Geriatric Medicine Fellows attend monthly Medicine research seminars and participate in all training activities of the Southeast Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine.

Weekend Call
Emory Geriatric Medicine Fellows cover weekend admissions to LTC approximately every six weeks.

Application

For more information and/or an application, please contact:

Fellowship Program Coordinator
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
Wesley Woods Health Center
1841 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
Office: (404) 728-6900
FAX: (404) 728-6425