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Our educational and clinical fellowship offers
a multidisciplinary experience including consultation/laison,
neuro and geriatric psychiatry. Responsibilities include a caseload
of inpatients and outpatients. The program is designed to provide
flexibility in meeting individual additional interests of trainees
and health care environmental demands. Fellows will have access
to and involvement in research and educational experiences,
including neuroimaging and medicatin clinical trials with an
older adult population. Direct supervision and education are
provided by an expert, multidisciplinary faculty. Didactic lectures
and grand rounds presentations provide stimulating educational
experiences and forums for interacting with department residents
and faculty members. Sites include University Hospitals of Cleveland,
a community health center, an elder health center and a variety
of nursing homes (which are served on a rotating basis).
Upon completion, fellows can expect to have
a broad biopsychosocial knowledge base in geriatric psychiatry
and biopsychosocial therapies. These include pharmacotherapy,
supportive psychotherapies, family and group therapy and behavioral
management techniques. Developmentally, the fellowship experience
will also prepare the fellow for a leadership role in academic
geriatric psychiatry.
Goals Specific to the Geriatric Fellowship
The goals and objectives of the proposed fellowship
are to provide an in-depth, biopsychosocial knowledge base and
clinical experience for the geriatric fellow. The fellow at
the completion ofone year, should have a high level of proficiency
in the clinical practice of psychiatry related to the older
adult and skills to continue their education. For selected residents,
the year two experience should be an important building block
toward a leadership role in academic geriatric psychiatry. The
program will provide clinical experience in all necessary arenas:
inpatient, outpatient, partial hospital, emergency room, inpatient
medical hospital consultation, geriatric medical OPD, home visit
and nursing home.
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