Geriatrics 4-Week

(4 Credits)

This is a 4-week elective that seeks to build on knowledge of care for older adults, and enhance the experiences gained in the pre-clerkship and clerkship years. We also seek to provide opportunities to which you may not otherwise have exposure It may be used to build upon experience from the 2-week Geriatrics Elective. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the core principles, foundational knowledge, and essential skills relevant to nearly all specialties through clinical experiences in diverse environments. Outpatient experiences are varied, with rotations through the primary care geriatrics clinic at Bellevue, the Pearl Barlow Memory Center and NYU geriatrics clinic for exposure to a geriatrician’s consulting role, and with embedded palliative care consultants in specialty clinics, including oncology and nephrology. Inpatient experiences include seeing patients with both the geriatrics and palliative care consult services at Tisch Hospital, as well as nursing home and rehabilitation at Gouverneur Health, with a focus on wound care. We can arrange a variety of experiences, or focus your elective on the areas in which you are most interested.