Goals and Objectives

The goals of the UT Southwestern Medical Center Geriatric Medicine Fellowship are:

• To educate physicians
• To provide elderly patients with the best possible care using expertise in clinical skills by fostering the development of a strong medical foundation based on current literature and basic science research

Fellows will have four longitudinal rotations and 12 monthly block rotations.

Longitudinal Rotations

• Ambulatory Clinics
• Long-Term Care
• House Call Program
• Hospice

Block Rotations

• Acute Inpatient and Consult Service
• Palliative Care/ Ethics
• Neurology
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R)
• Transitional Care Unit (3)
• Geropsychiatry
• House Calls
• Nursing Home
• Two Electives

The objectives of each rotation are given in the appropriate section of the linked Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Orientation Manual.