Leadership Training in Academic Geriatrics

Departments of Geriatrics, Psychiatry & Dentistry in Partnership with NYU College of Dentistry

Leadership Training in Academic Geriatrics Physicians, Dentists & Psychiatrists Two-year Multi-disciplinary Geriatrics Fellowships ACGME Approved

Mount Sinai School of Medicine #1 geriatrics education program and hospital U.S. News & World Report 2011-12

Four new two-year fellowships per year Departments of Geriatrics, Psychiatry & Dentistry in Partnership with NYU College of Dentistry

Leadership Training in Academic Geriatrics Physicians, Dentists & Psychiatrists

• One in Geriatric Dentistry (PGYs 2 & 3) • One in Geriatric Psychiatry (PGYs 5 & 6) • Two in Geriatric Medicine (PGYs 4 & 5)

Training: Medical, dental, & psychiatric care of older adults • Discipline-specific and cross-discipline content

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Clinical Care Teaching Research Administration & Leadership

• Core individualized for each fellow (based on career goals and current expertise) • Includes funding to attend national meetings, etc.

Departments of Geriatrics, Psychiatry & Dentistry in Partnership with NYU College of Dentistry

Leadership Training in Academic Geriatrics Physicians, Dentists & Psychiatrists

Venues of Care Curriculum emphasizes experiences in venues of care of older adults • • • •

Office Practice Inpatient Hospital Palliative Care & Hospice Care Long-Term Care & Sub-Acute Rehabilitation Settings

• Home Care • VA Medical Center • Senior and Community Centers

Departments of Geriatrics, Psychiatry & Dentistry in Partnership with NYU College of Dentistry

Leadership Training in Academic Geriatrics Physicians, Dentists & Psychiatrists

Clinical Training Sites • Mount Sinai Hospital • Martha Stewart Center for Living

• Bronx VA Medical Care • Jewish Home Lifecare

• Visiting Doctors Home Care Program

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Eligibility

Departments of Geriatrics, Psychiatry & Dentistry in Partnership with NYU College of Dentistry

Leadership Training in Academic Geriatrics Physicians, Dentists & Psychiatrists

• Fellows must be US citizen or foreign national with a permanent residence visa.

• Funding guidelines do not allow individuals on temporary or student visas to participate.

Integrated Geriatric Fellowship Training for Physicians, Dentists & Psychiatrists • Rosanne M. Leipzig, MD, PhD, Program Director Lead Faculty: • Drs. Helen Fernandez, Daniel McGonigle, John Pfail, Miriam Robbins, Rima Sehl

Clinical Courses Departments of Geriatrics, Psychiatry & Dentistry in Partnership with NYU College of Dentistry

Leadership Training in Academic Geriatrics Physicians, Dentists & Psychiatrists

Teaching

n Principles of

n Master Geriatrics

• Geriatric Syndromes • Geri Assessment • Palliative Care • Psychiatry • Prevention • Medication Management • Nutrition • Gerontology • Systems of Care & Care Financing • Long-Term Care

• Curriculum Development • Fellows as Teachers • Feedback Course

Geriatric Care

n Communication n Cultural &

Linguistic Competency

n Elder Mistreatment n Interprofessional

Team Training

n Quality

Improvement

Educator Program

n EBM Journal Club n One Minute

Preceptor

n ABIM

Competencyfocused Assessment Course

Research n Research Design

& Methods Course

Administration/ Leadership n Leadership

Development & Seminar Series

n Conflict

Management

n Peer Mentoring

Seminar

Clinical

Departments of Geriatrics, Psychiatry & Dentistry in Partnership with NYU College of Dentistry

Leadership Training in Academic Geriatrics Physicians, Dentists & Psychiatrists

Experiential Activities (Learning by Doing)

Teaching

n Discipline-specific

n Curriculum implementation

n Learner teams

n Small group

rotations

n Community

clinical experiences

n Interprofessional

case conferences

n Morbidity &

Mortality conferences

facilitator

n Large group

presentations to physician, interprofessional groups, lay audiences

n Clinical precepting

(students, residents, NPs)

n EBM Journal Club

Research n Scholarly

project

Administration/ Leadership n Team QI project n Mentor meetings n Administrative &

educational committee meetings

n Meetings with

medical directors of different models of care

n Mentoring

opportunities

Departments of Geriatrics, Psychiatry & Dentistry in Partnership with NYU College of Dentistry

Leadership Training in Academic Geriatrics Physicians, Dentists & Psychiatrists

For information or to apply, contact Elisha Medina at elisha.medina@mssm.edu

To assure that learners have the fundamentals of geriatric care early in the fellowship, essential concepts in each of the following will be taught during the first six months of the first year: • Geriatric Syndromes • Geriatric Assessment • Health Promotion & Disease Prevention • Geriatric Psychiatry • Palliative Care • Oral Health Training in educational methods and research will follow, including curriculum design, program evaluation, learner assessment and feedback, and fundamentals of research design and methods.