Clinical Rotations
| Site | Description | Time | Faculty |
|---|---|---|---|
| KCHC Geriatric Clinic* | Outpatient geriatric clinic | 8 hours weekly(1st year); 4 to 8 hours weekly (2nd year); 24 months |
Drs. Reid-Durant, Lawrence, Price |
| Maimonides Hospital – Acute Care for Elders Unit | Inpatient comprehensive assessment and treatment | 8 hours per week; 1 month (1st year) | Dr. Paris |
| St. Albans Extended Care* | Long-term care facility; consultation-liaison | 1-month, 32 hours (2nd year) |
Dr. Boykin |
| Brooklyn Alzheimer’s Disease Assistance Center at SUNY Downstate* | Dementia assessment and treatment | 3 months, 4 hours per week (1st year) | Dr. Cohen Dr. Crystal |
| Geriatric Medicine Clinic at SUNY | Outpatient clinic | 3 months; ½ day per week; 6months in 2nd year | Dr Prospere |
| Geroneurology* | Dementia, Movement disorders | 1 month; 4 hrs weekly (1st year) |
Dr. Howard Crystal |
| Palliative and End–of-Life Care* | Exposure to patients with chronic pain and at end-of-life | 1 month; 32 hours (1st year); elective for 2nd year |
Dr. Alice Beal, Dr. Sarah Egan, Dr. Cho |
| Physical Medicine/ Rehabilitation Clinic at Susan Smith McKinney Nursing & Rehabilitation Center* | Exposure to patients with serious physical disabilities | 1-month; 4 hours per week (2nd year) | Dr. William Green, Dr. Cathy Cruse, Dr. Kaner |
| Brooklyn VA Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Clinic | Outpatient assessment program | 3 months; 4 hours per week(1st year) | Dr. Harghel Dr. Shadlen |
| Brooklyn VA Wound Care Clinic | Outpatient program | 1 month; 4 hours per week(1st year) | Egna Martinez, RN |
| The Bowery Residents' Committee(BRC)* | Homeless program | 6 months; 4 hours per month (2nd year) | Dr. Brian McGreal Dr. Angela Kedzior |
| Lutheran Augustana Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation | Acute care hospital and adjoining nursing home; Consultation-liaison | 3 months; 32 hours per week (1st year) | Dr. Jacob Dimant |
| Geriatric Psychiatry Clinic at SUNY Downstate* | Outpatient Geropsychiatry | 3 months; 4 hours per week (1st year) | Dr. Cohen Dr. Casimir |
* Shared with psychiatry and/or dentistry
Research Experiences
Fellows have participated in various research endeavors including: racial differences in neuropsychiatric symptoms, breast cancer treatment in older women, relationship between depression and medical illness, anxiety disorders and medical illness, communication issues between primary care doctors and psychiatrists in treating older schizophrenic patients, quality of life issues, artificial nutrition and hydration, body mass index and elderly persons, racial differences in sleep disorders, oral health in older adults with schizophrenia, oral health in dementia patients. Our setting is particularly rich for examining racial differences in various health issues.
Summary of Geriatric Medicine Clinical Rotations - Two-Year Program
Education/Teaching
| Activity | Description | Time | Faculty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Curriculum* | Review of core topics | 12 months 1 hr/wk |
Drs. Cohen, Prospere, and staff |
| Journal Club*(general) | Discussion of recent and “classic” articles | 24 months 1 hr/wk |
Drs. Cohen, Prospere and staff |
| Journal Club*(geriatric medicine) | Discussion of recent and “classic” articles | 24 months 1 hr/wk |
Prospere and staff |
| Geriatric Review | Specialty topics in geriatric medicine (board review) | 12 months 1 hr/bi-weekly |
Dr. Prospere and staff |
| Intensive program* | Topics in geriatric medicine | 3x/week x 1 month | Dr. Prospere and staff |
| Geriatric Didactic Series* | Topics in geriatric medicine | I hr. weekly | Dr. Prospere and staff |
| Geriatric Grand Rounds* | Outside guest lecturers present research & reviews | 12 months 1 ½ hrs./month |
Various speakers |
| Geriatric Medicine Multidisciplinary Conference* | Clinical case conference | 1/mo. | Dr. Prospere and staff |
| Geriatric Psychiatry Case Conference* | Case review of cases and/or formal discussion of depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, neurobehavioral symptoms of dementia | 3 months 1 hr/weekly |
Dr. Cohen, Casimir, and staff |
| Dementia Clinic conference* | Review of cases | 3 months 1hr/wk |
Drs. Cohen, Crystal, Prospere, Casimir |
| Outpatient Lecture/Case Conference | Lectures and case presentation at Kings County Hospital | I hour/week | Dr. Reid-Durant |
| Anthropology Grand Rounds* | Case evaluation and review | quarterly | Dr. Jay Sokolovsky |
| Information Technology Lecture and Practicum* | Training in web site development, virtual patients, video production, script development | 4 one-hour lectures and additional training | Dr. Neil |
| Presentations to seniors and adult education * | Presentations to older lay persons | 24 months once per quarter | Drs. Cohen, Prospere, and staff |
| Course in the Masters of Public Health Program* | Gender Race & Ethnicity; Health of Immigrant Populations | 3 credit courses | MPH faculty |
| American Geriatrics Society* | Annual Meeting | annual | |
| Gerontological Society of America* | Annual Meeting | annual | Gerontological Society of America |
| Andragogy* | Seminar in teaching mentoring, and IT development | One month | Drs. Adler, Fischer, Papp, Neill |
| Off-campus workshop on teaching | Short courses at Duke, Mt Sinai, McMaster, Stanford, etc. | Twice in 24 months |
* Shared with psychiatry and/or dentistry
Administrative Training
| Activity | Description | Time | Faculty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Administration Rotation* | Work with medical director of a nursing home and other hospital sites | 1 month | Dr Steven Kaner , Medical Administrator, Susan Smith McKinney Nursing Home, Roger Boyce at CABS nursing home, Julius Berger at Kings County Hospital, Dr. Julius Berger, Administrator of Dentistry at KCH, & Dr. Jacob Dimant, Lutheran Augustana Medical Center |
| American Hospital Association* | Annual meeting section for psychology and substance abuse services] | Once in 24 months | |
| Website management | Manage Downstate website on geriatrics | SUNY Downstate IT staff |
* Shared with psychiatry and/or dentistry
Research
| Activity | Description | Time | Faculty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seminar in research methods* | Fellows review research work with faculty, discuss methods | 2-4 times/month | Dr. Cohen Dr. Magai |
| Research project | Independent research | 24 months 8 hrs (1st yr) 16 hrs (2nd yr) |
Project mentors |
| Attend academic meetings | Present research | 1-2 times | Drs. Prospere and Cohen |
* Shared with psychiatry and/or dentistry