Fellowship Goals and Objectives

The goals of the UT Southwestern Medical Center Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program 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
• System Based Practice

Block Rotations

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

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