Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine Clerkship (MED-40000)
The Chattanooga Geriatrics/Palliative Medicine rotation is a face-to-face clinical experience where students rotate through a variety of settings including inpatient palliative, inpatient geriatrics, hospice, skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, and outpatient geriatric, family medicine, other specialty clinics, and physician home visits.
The student should function with increased autonomy in patient care and must demonstrate competency in several of the Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) required for graduation.
The course includes required didactic sessions with lectures and small group discussions focused on general level geriatric and palliative competencies. Submitted questions on assigned readings and online materials are discussed during didactic sessions which also include communication skills training and presentations of narrative medicine writing.
Course Contacts
Clerkship Director: Patrick Koo, MD | patrick.koo@erlanger.org
Clerkship Coordinator: Joyce Poke | joyce.poke@erlanger.org
Department Phone: 423.778.6670
Course Summary
| Approval Authorization: | Not required |
| Blocks/Terms Offered: | ALL |
| Cancellation Deadline: | 30 days prior to rotation start |
| Cohort Size: | varies |
| Credit Hours: | 6 hours |
| Course Length: | 4 weeks |
| Flexibility: | SOME (No off-cycle; absence requests require advance notice) |
| Grade Mode: | Pass/Fail |
| Location: | Erlanger Health System |
| Pre-requisites: | Completion of 5 core clerkships |
| Shifts (overnight call): | NO |
| Shifts (weekend): | NO |