Program Curriculum
All rotations listed here take place at HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital.
- Block 1: Geri AMB
- 90% outpatient
- 10% research
- Block 2: Rehab
- 75% outpatient
- 10% research
- Block 3: Hosp/Pal
- 45% outpatient
- 5% research
- Block 4: Geri AMB
- 90% outpatient
- 10% research
- Block 5: Rehab
- 75% outpatient
- 10% research
- Block 6: Neuro
- 30% outpatient
- 5% research
- Block 7: Geri AMB
- 90% outpatient
- 10% research
- Block 8: Rehab
- 75% outpatient
- 10% research
- Block 9: Hospice
- 90% outpatient
- 10% research
- Block 10: Geri AMB
- 90% outpatient
- 10% research
- Block 11: Rehab
- 75% outpatient
- 10% research
- Block 12: Consults
- 10% outpatient
- 5% research
Longitudinal experiences
- Continuity clinic: 2 half-days per week
- Long-term care facility: 1 half-day per week
- Geriatric psychiatry: 2 half-days monthly
- Geriatric wound care: 2 half-days monthly
Organizational structure
The Geriatric Medicine Fellowship is a 12-month program designed to ensure that each fellow has the opportunity to achieve the knowledge, professional attitudes and practical experience required of a physician caring for elderly patients.
Fellows will participate in rotations of a block and longitudinal format to ensure a robust educational experience that spans the full spectrum of geriatric care. Each fellow will participate in, and will be closely supervised by, trained faculty in the clinical areas described.
Rotation Notes
Continuity Clinic, Geriatric Psychiatry and Geriatric Wound Care all take place at HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital and sites under the governance of the HCA Florida GME Consortium. All Long-Term Care and Skilled Nursing Facilities are HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital affiliates.
- Geri AMB: Geriatric outpatient intensive that includes experiences in the continuity clinic, wound care, clinical informatics, home visits, quality and patient safety committees, osteoporosis and outpatient pharmacology.
- Rehab: Fellows will be rotating through Encompass Health.
- Neuro: Inpatient and ambulatory experiences in neurology focusing on the older population with emphasis on stroke, cerebrovascular disease, movement disorders, seizures, and cognitive disorders.
- Hospice /Palliative Care: Fellows will rotate through Chapters HPH Hospice.
- Consults: Inpatient service where fellows will act as the primary geriatric consultant for elderly patients in all departments across the hospital including emergency medicine, psychiatry, general medicine, intensive care, and inpatient rehabilitation.
- Wound Care: Fellows will rotate through Bayonet Point Hospital Wound Care.