Fellowship Year

Most rotations are in the local community.

Rotations:
•       Hospice and Palliative Medicine – 1 month
•       Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – 3 months
•       Inpatient at St. Mary’s Health Care – 2 months
•       Geropsychiatry – 2 months at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health and in community with local geropsychiatrist
•       Sub Acute Rehabilitation – 3 months
•       Electives – 1 month

The Fellow will spend time at St. Mary’s Health Care on the inpatient services of the Family Medicine (Residency) Service and/or Internal Medicine (Residency) teaching service.  This provides the opportunity to work with many community physicians, as well as perform geriatric consultations and teaching to residents and medical students.

Longitudinal experiences in long term care will occur throughout the fellowship year under the preceptorship of local Advantage Health Geriatricians in the community. Potential sites include the Clark Retirement Community, Holland Homes, and Maple Creek Retirement Community.

Geriatrics call is typically 1 in 4-5 days, covering phone calls only. It is not expected that fellows will provide in-person patient evaluations or consultations in long term care or hospital settings at night.

One half-day per week is spent in their primary specialty (Family Health Center (FHC) or Wege Internal Medicine office), typically seeing 4-6 patients. Faculty and community physicians provide preceptorship on a rotating basis.