About the Fellowship: Curriculum

During the first year of fellowship, a program of formal didactics and conferences complements experiences in clinical care. The overall curriculum provides fellows with knowledge and skills to care for older patients. Specifically, the curriculum is enriched with training in evidence-based medicine, clinical teaching skills, and interdisciplinary team care.

Geriatrics Core Curriculum

• Series of lectures given for the geriatrics and geriatric pharmacy fellows covering common topics in geriatrics and gerontology.
• Intended to prepare fellows for management of commonly encountered issues and conditions.
• View the schedule of the lecture series
  

Evidence-based Medicine in Geriatrics

• Series of interactive presentations on the practice of Evidence Based Medicine in geriatrics.
• Presentations by division faculty on formulating questions, searching the literature, basic clinical epidemiology, and critical appraisal of a variety of articles.
• Special emphasis is placed on methodological challenges encountered in the care of older adults by interdisciplinary teams.
• Fellows utilize skills promoted in the course during the Academic Geriatrics Rotation.
• For more details, http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training/courses/geriatricsebm.

Coordinator: Dr. Heflin - hefli001@mc.duke.edu

Clinical Teaching and Medical Decision Making Workshops

• Interactive sessions provide fellows with the opportunity to learn and master a variety of clinical teaching skills applicable to a variety of settings and key issues in bedside medical decision making.
• Led by Dr. Larry Greenblatt, who has special training in clinical teaching.

Advanced Course in Long Term Care

• Covers key topics in long term care, including medical directorship, team building, quality improvement, and nursing home litigation.
• Utilizes interactive learning strategies and web-based readings and discussions.
• Website: http://careinaging.duke.edu/longtermcare/index.php (See directions for Care in Aging Website)

Coordinators: Drs. Heidi White and Gwendolen Buhr

Palliative Care Medicine Retreat Series

• Covers key topics in palliative, including pain management, non-pain symptom management, communication skills, psychosocial care, and understanding systems of care.
• Utilizes interactive learning strategies and web-based readings and discussions.
• Website: http://careinaging.duke.edu/clinicians/concept.php?method=ExperienceID=28 (See directions for Care in Aging Website)

Coordinator: Dr. Katja Elbert-Avila

Care in Aging Website

The Duke Care in Aging Network is a comprehensive web-based resource providing educational materials in core clinical topics of geriatrics. Go to: http://careinaging.duke.edu/

To access the site, you may use the following generic access:

Username: geriatrics

Password: geriatrics

The Clinician Network (http://careinaging.duke.edu/clinicians) is a resource developed for general internal medicine doctors looking to cultivate clinical skills in geriatrics. Clinicians will find resources for teaching, for learning, and for daily use in clinics and skilled nursing facilities.

The Long-Term Care Network (http://careinaging.duke.edu/longtermcare) is a resource for long-term care providers, clinicians, and families. The network contains educational powerpoint presentations, case studies, information for clinicians and patients, and links to other website resources. The Long-Term Care Network is currently under construction, and will hopefully become a reliable and comprehensive resource for you.

Conferences

During the first year of fellowship, a program of formal didactics complements experiences in clinical care. The overall curriculum provides fellows with knowledge and skills to care for older patients. In addition to regularly scheduled clinical and research conferences, the curriculum is enriched with training experiences in evidence-based medicine, clinical teaching skills, and interdisciplinary team care.