M4 rotation Geriatric and Palliative Medicine M4 Rotation LOGISTICS 4 Weeks No Call No nights or weekends Memphis Knoxville Chattanooga Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Rotation Memphis ID: 931148
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Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
M4 rotation
Slide2Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
M4 Rotation
LOGISTICS
4 Weeks
No Call
No nights or weekends
Memphis
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Slide3Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Rotation
Memphis
Inpatient palliative care
Inpatient geriatrics – pending covid-19 availability
Private outpatient geriatrics– pending covid-19 availability
Physician & Nurse Practitioner home visits– pending covid-19 availability
General and specialty clinics that see geriatric patients – pending covid-19 availability
Variety of hospice settings
Accompany physicians for visits in geriatric skilled nursing facilities – pending covid-19 availability
Reading and writing to facilitate learning objectives include submitting questions for discussions, completing an advance directive with a loved one, and Narrative Medicine
Didactics - Wednesday afternoons and first and last day of rotation (shared between all 3 sites via Zoom)
Slide4Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Rotation
Knoxville
Inpatient Palliative Medicine Team - 1 week
o Rounds, Consultations, Family Meetings
· Outpatient Hospice - 1 week
o Work with interdisciplinary team: physician, hospice nurses, and chaplain
· Geriatrics - 2 weeks (contains mixture of the following experiences in full/half day increments) – pending covid-19 availability
o Skilled Nursing Facility visits with Geriatrician – pending covid-19 availability
o Integrative Care Clinic
o Inpatient pastoral rounds
o Geriatric pharmacotherapy clinic with clinical pharmacologist
o Balance and Hearing Center (audiology, PT/OT, ENT)
o The Pat
Summitt
Clinic
· Didactics are incorporated into clinical settings
· Narrative Medicine and 5 Wishes are required activities
Slide5Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Rotation
Chattanooga
Geriatric experience at Siskin Rehabilitation Hospital – pending covid-19 availability
Hospice experience at Hospice of Chattanooga with Physician, Hospice Nurses and Chaplains
Palliative Care clinic
Geriatric inpatient experience with multidisciplinary geriatric therapists and Local agency on Aging and Disability – pending covid-19 availability
Slide6Scheduling Questions
related to residency interviews
As 1 of 2 specific required rotations, students should not schedule Geriatric/Palliative rotation a month they hope or expect to have multiple residency interviews
Flexibility will be given for attending 1 or 2 or, in special circumstances 3 interviews. Interviews should be scheduled to avoid missing (in Memphis) Wednesday didactics and sessions on the first and last day of the rotation.