Goals
The goal of the Harvard Geriatric Medicine Fellowship is to train academic leaders with skills in clinical geriatrics and in gerontologic research, education and administration.
Fellows will develop expertise in the following areas:
1. Clinical care of elderly patients in the acute hospital, the geriatric assessment unit, the rehabilitation hospital, nursing home, the subacute unit and the home.
2. The structure and economics of the health care delivery system, including long-term care and home care.
3. The essentials of clinical geriatric medicine, including the evaluation and treatment of falls, incontinence, delirium, and depression.
4. The design of a project to investigate a research hypothesis, educational program or geriatrics service.
5. Delivering lectures on geriatric topics on research data, the medical literature, and clinical cases.
6. Improving Patient Safety using a quality improvement process.
