Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
#1 Geriatrics education program and hospital – U.S. News & World Report 2010, 2011
Mini-Fellowship in Geriatric Medical Education and Career Development
Join us for a 5-day, tuition free Mini-Fellowship on curriculum and career development in Geriatric Medical Education and bring the expertise back to your field and Institution!
For more information please contact Kerry Feeney at
kerry.feeney@mssm.edu
Upcoming 2012-2013 Dates
- Monday, December 3 – Friday, December 7, 2012
- Monday, March 11 - Friday, March 15, 2013
- Monday, June 10 - Friday, June 14, 2013
Course Highlights
- Learn Geriatrics
- Improve teaching skills
- Build learner assessment strategies
- Learn curriculum development
- Design a project to impact the geriatric environment at your home institution
- Receive support and practical guidance from individualized mentorship
- Perfect skills needed for leadership and academic success
Eligibility
- Limited enrollment - 10 scholars per session
- Preference is given to academic medical center faculty and non-geriatricians at institutions without Reynolds Foundation funding
- Must be a clinician-educator who dedicates substantial time to education
Accreditation
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 31.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Faculty Disclosure
It is the policy of Mount Sinai School of Medicine to ensure objectivity, balance, independence, transparency, and scientific rigor in all CME sponsored educational activities. All faculty participating in the planning or implementation of a sponsored activity are expected to disclose to the audience any relevant financial relationships and to assist in resolving any conflict of interest that may arise from the relationship. Presenters must also make a meaningful disclosure to the audience of their discussions of unlabeled or unapproved drugs or devices. This information will be available as part of the course material.
Curriculum Highlights
Overall Objective: To cultivate academic leaders by enhancing geriatric expertise through improving teaching skills, assessment strategies, content or curriculum development, and skills for leadership and academic success. In this program participants will have mentored opportunities to design a project that can impact the geriatric environment at their home institution and receive individualized support to implement it.
Geriatrics Content
- The Geriatric Approach
- Falls Assessment
- Cognitive Assessment
- Prognostication in Geriatric Patients
- Anticoagulation in AF
- Goals of Care Discussions and Family Meetings
- Evidence Based Medicine and the Geriatric Literature
- Medication Management
- Hazards of Hospitalization
Career Development
- Mentored Educational Project
- Personal Goals -Short and Long Term
- Leading Teams and Creating Change
- Academic Portfolios and CV’s
- Conflict Management
Faculty Development
Teaching Skills
- Self Assessment of Your Teaching and Teaching Consultation
- Expanding Your Repertoire of Teaching Materials and Methods
Learner Assessment (ACGME Competencies)
- Patient Care
- Professionalism: Reflection and Multisource Feedback
- Practice Based Learning: Clinical Questions, Evidence Based Medicine
- and Journal Club
- Systems Based Practice: Quality Improvement
- Communication: Family Meetings
Giving Feedback
For more information please contact Kerry Feeney at
kerry.feeney@mssm.edu Download the program flyer here.