Geriatrics Clinical Fellowship

Our training program features a variety of rotations representative of clinical opportunities for geriatrics. Settings include an academic tertiary health care center, a regional Veterans Administration medical center and local continuing care retirement communities.

The core of the fellowship curriculum is based on longitudinal clinical experiences. Fellows have a continuity clinic at the George E. Whalen Veterans Administration medical Center and the University of Utah Geriatrics Clinic. These clinics offer exposure to a broad older adult population in the spectrum of geriatric ambulatory primary care. Fellows also follow a panel of patients in a long-term care setting.

Additional required clinical rotations include home-based primary care, skilled nursing post-acute care, cognitive disorders clinic, geriatric psychiatry clinic and a variety of ambulatory consultative clinics.

Elective Options

Fellows are encouraged to pursue elective experiences consistent with their unique career goals. We offer the following electives:

Urology
Urogynecology
Movement Disorders
Inpatient Palliative Care
Wound Care
Neuropsychological Testing
Dermatology
Hospital Elder Life Program
Cardiac Risk Reduction
Geriatric rheumatology
Thrombosis Clinic
Pre-operative assessment clinic
Dyspnea and Heart Failure Clinic
Osteoporosis Clinic

Call

Our fellows do not take in-house calls. Each fellow is required to take an average of one week of call from home per month. A faculty member is always on back-up call with the fellow.

Scholarly Activity

Education and scholarly pursuit are essential components of our program. Fellows participate in the following:

Journal Club
Grand Rounds (Geriatric and Internal Medicine)
Research Conference
Clinical Conference
Board Review Sessions
American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting
Regional Geriatrics Meetings

Over the course of the year, fellows are required to give clinical presentations, lead journal club, engage in a scholarly project (e.g., quality improvement, research, or other) and give a capstone lecture about their project.