Comprehensive Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine M4 Rotation Program Overview
This program offers a 4-week rotation in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine across Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. Students engage in various clinical settings, including inpatient palliative care, geriatrics, home visits, hospice settings, and specialty clinics. Didactics cover Narrative Medicine and facilitate learning objectives. Knoxville rotation includes experiences in palliative medicine, outpatient hospice, and interdisciplinary geriatric care. Chattanooga rotation offers hands-on experiences in geriatric and palliative care settings.
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Geriatric and Palliative Medicine 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 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)
Geriatrics 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 availability Geriatrics - 2 weeks (contains mixture of the following experiences in full/half day increments) pending covid-19 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
Geriatrics 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
Scheduling 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.
