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Rotations & Schedule

Fellowship Rotations

Rotations (typically divided into 2-week blocks):

Four (4) weeks each

  • Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Unit Inpatient
  • Geriatric Medicine Consult
  • Wound Care
  • Nursing Home, Skilled Nursing Facility, Medical Directorship, Hospice
  • Elder Capacity Assessment & Mistreatment (ECAM) / Texas Elder Abuse and Mistreatment Institute (TEAM)
  • Neurology – Cognitive Impairment & Movement Disorders (2 weeks each)
  • Congestive Heart Failure
  • Urology & Gynecology (2 weeks each)
  • Elective

Two (2) weeks each

  • House Calls
  • Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  • LBJ Hospital Palliative Consult
  • Memorial Herman Hospital – TMC Palliative Consult
  • Ophthalmology

Continuity Experiences

Longitudinal Clinic Experiences (1x/month)

  • Settegast Clinic
  • Center for Healthy Aging Clinic
  • House Calls
  • Nursing Home
  • Osteoporosis (1x/every other month – 5-6 times per year)

On Call and PTO

Sample Daily & Monthly Schedule

Sample Schedule

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