Design and Delivery of an Emergency Medicine Residency Geriatrics Curriculum (AGEM-Sponsored)

As demand for geriatric-specific training rises, emergency medicine residency curricula have yet to address the needs of our aging population. In this session, speakers will discuss a focused needs assessment and ideas for integrating geriatric education into existing curricula. They will explore various learning modalities, including lectures, skills workshops, and simulation. Additionally, methods to improve faculty teaching at the bedside and enhance resident learning will be reviewed. An example curriculum will be provided to attendees.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
  • Understand current needs for geriatric content in emergency medicine residency curriculum
  • Describe how to integrate Geriatric content into the existing residency curriculum.
  • Discuss modalities of learning applied to a geriatric curriculum
  • Describe methods to impact faculty practice.

Presenters:

  • Eric D. Isaacs, MD
  • Nida F. Degesys, MD
  • James Hardy, MD
Authors

  • Eric D. Isaacs, MD

    University of California (San Francisco)/San Francisco General Hospital

    Eric Isaacs is a Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at UCSF and an emergency physician practicing at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital for over 30 years. He is a founding faculty member for the EMTalk course, focused on teaching communication skills around serious illness to emergency providers. He is also the Medical Director for the Age-Friendly Emergency Department at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Eric Isaacs also serves as the site director at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital for the UCSF medical student coaching program

  • Nida F. Degesys, MD

    UCSF

    Dr. Degesys is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at UCSF and serves as the medical director for the UCSF Age Friendly Emergency Department (AFED), the only Level 1 GED in the Bay Area, as well as the Assistant Medical Director for the UCSF ED, the Medical Director of the Clinical Decision Unity (CDU) and the UCSF EM Administrative Fellowship Director. Dr. Degesys completed an administrative fellowship at Stanford University and emergency medicine residency at UCSF/ZSFG. Dr. Degesys has won several awards including ACEP's National Junior Faculty Teaching Award (2023), Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Academy of Geriatric EM (AGEM) Early Career Achievement (2023), the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA) National Fellow of the Year (2019), the UCSF EM faculty bedside teaching award (2019), and SAEM's National Resident Educator Award (2018).

  • Nkele Davis, MD

    Emory University School of Medicine

    Dr. Nkele Davis is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory University. She trained at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, and completed a two-year medical education fellowship at Emory University. She has a specific interest in mentorship and undergraduate medical education. She is the Assistant Clerkship Director for Emergency Medicine and Assistant Medical Education Fellowship Director. 

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