In addition to the clinical experience, Einstein geriatrics residents and fellows are exposed to geriatric medicine through didactic seminars, conferences, and specialty rounds.
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- Geriatric Psychiatry Ambulatory Consultation Rounds
Alessandra Scalmati, MD, Debra Greenberg, PhD, MSW
These case based rounds provide a format for fellows to present challenging ambulatory patients with both complex psychiatric disorders and psychosocial needs in order to review their treatment plans and management in the community in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Bioethics Rounds
Hannah Lipman, MD
Case-based seminar discussing medical decision-making in geriatrics and for those patients who lack decisional capacity, as well as the issues in the law regarding the initiation and withdrawal of feeding tubes, respirators, and other medical interventions.
- Geriatrics Clinical and Bioscience Seminars
Geriatrics core curriculum and aging bioscience seminars, by faculty.
- Geriatrics Journal Club
This session trains learners to capably search the literature, interpret study question, design, analysis, results, and a discussion of the applicability or implications of the articles(s) as well as a review of recent medical literature that pertains to the care of the elderly. - Geriatrics Interdisciplinary Case Conference and Grand Rounds
Interdisciplinary case-based presentation and discussion.
- Geriatrics Research Conference
Clinical and basic research projects are presented for comment and discussion.
- Geropsychiatry Rounds
Gary Kennedy, MD
This session includes a clinical interview and discussion regarding mental status assessment, affective, cognitive and psychotic disorders in the elderly.
- Medication Management Rounds
Claudene George, MD, RPh
Case-based clinical discussion of medication management issues in the elderly.