Goals
The goal of the UConn Geriatrics Fellowship is to produce highly skilled practitioners of geriatric medicine who will be able to extend geriatrics precepts to colleagues and systems of care, as well as patients and families. The large majority of our graduates work in leadership positions in clinical program development, administration, research, and education.
Graduates of the UConn Geriatrics Fellowship Program will be able to demonstrate understanding of:
- Expert clinical care of older persons over a continuum of care sites, including acute hospital, office, institutional long term care, geropsychiatry, home care and rehabilitation;
- Teaching and curriculum development in settings relevant to geriatric care;
- Aging research in basic, clinical, epidemiologic or health policy investigations; and
- Health policy and the health care delivery systems relevant to the elderly, and administrative issues in nursing home, home care, or clinic-based geriatrics programs.
One Year Fellowship
Year 1
Longitudinal Experiences
- 1/2 day weekly primary and consultative geriatrics care at university-based Center for Healthy Aging/Geriatrics.
- 1/2 day weekly for didactics conferences, including Leadership Skills conferences
- 1/2 day per week independent study
- Fellows follow a small panel of nursing home patients after completing the long-term care rotation at McLean
- Family medicine fellows may choose to follow an additional panel of patients in the family medicine clinic
Block Experiences
| Ambulatory Geriatrics Clinics | VA Connecticut and UConn John Dempsey Hospital |
| Long-term Care and Subacute Care | McLean |
| Hospice and Palliative Medicine | Hartford Hospital |
| Home Care | VA Connecticut and UConn John Dempsey Hospital |
| Acute Care Geriatrics Consults | UConn John Dempsey Hospital |
| Rehabilitation | McLean |
| Geropsychiatry | UConn John Dempsey Hospital |
Two Year Fellowship
Year 1
Longitudinal Experiences
- 1/2 day weekly primary and consultative geriatrics care at university-based Center for Healthy Aging/Geriatrics.
- 1/2 day weekly for didactics conferences, including Leadership Skills conferences
- 1/2 day per week independent study
- Fellows follow a small panel of nursing home patients after completing the long-term care rotation at McLean
- Family medicine fellows may choose to follow an additional panel of patients in the family medicine clinic
Block Experiences
| Ambulatory Geriatrics Clinics | VA Connecticut and UConn John Dempsey Hospital |
| Long-term Care and Subacute Care | McLean |
| Hospice and Palliative Medicine | Hartford Hospital |
| Home Care | VA Connecticut and UConn John Dempsey Hospital |
| Acute Care Geriatrics Consults | UConn John Dempsey Hospital |
Year 2
The second year combines longitudinal and block experiences to serve the specific career goals of each fellow. In year 2, 55% is reserved for electives specific to the goals of the individual fellow. These goals may include: completion of C.M.D., quality improvement and research projects, palliative medicine leadership, and teaching portfolio development. Qualified fellows may also complete M.P.H. or M.Sc. clinical research.
Longitudinal Experiences
- 1/2 day weekly primary and consultative geriatrics care at university-based Center for Healthy Aging/Geriatrics.
Block Experiences
| Acute Care Geriatrics Consults | UConn John Dempsey Hospital |
| Rehabilitation | McLean |
| Geropsychiatry | UConn John Dempsey Hospital |