Curriculum
Curriculum
| July | August | September | October | November | December |
| January | February | March | April | May | June |
Longitudinal Experiences |
Type of experience | Time commitment per week |
Memory Care Program Clinic | 4 half days per week |
Geriatric Psychiatry | 1 half day per week |
Movement disorders | 1 half day per week |
Neuropalliative care | 1 half day per week |
Academic | 3 half day per week |
Experience description:
Memory Care Program Clinic: The majority of the fellow’s time spent in an outpatient interdisciplinary memory disorders clinic evaluating patients with memory and cognitive complaints and interacting with patients and caregivers.
Geriatric Psychiatry: A fellow’s time will be split between clinic overseen by a geriatric psychiatrist managing difficult behaviors in patients with cognitive disorders and a Project ECHO program, a telemedicine program providing geriatric psychiatry services to nursing homes in NY state.
Movement Disorders Clinic: The majority of the fellow’s time spent in an outpatient movement disorders clinic evaluating patients with disorders affecting movement and cognition.
Neuropalliative Care: The majority of the fellow’s time spent in an outpatient neuropalliative care clinic evaluating patients with neurologic disorders with unmet needs to provide support for them and their care teams.
Academic: The fellow’s time will be split between educational experiences, shared time with their mentor and independent quality improvement/research project work.
Didactic Programs:
Didactic program and description | Required for fellows? | Attendees |
Offered Weekly | ||
Case Conference at Memory Care Program Includes teaching on interdisciplinary team approaches in BNNP, neuropsychologic testing, neuroimaging, somatic therapies and psychosocial interventions. | Yes | Fellows, residents, memory clinic providers and staff |
Didactic lecture series Includes lectures on structural and functional neuroanatomy, neuropsychiatric assessment, treatments, focal neurobehavioral syndromes, neuropsychiatric syndromes, BNNP manifestations of neurologic disorders. This didactic lecture series also allows participation in the combined lecture series for the URMC Geriatric Psychiatry and Geriatric Medicine fellowships which share a combined lecture seizures and will provide additional lectures on the following topics: Psychosis, anxiety, psychologic transitions through the lifespan, depression, issues regarding ageism, interprofessional communication, community resources, spirituality, and communicating bad news. | Yes | Fellows |
Offered Monthly | ||
Journal Club/Evidence based medicine lectures this will include lectures for fellows regarding evidence-based medicine techniques along with the formal journal club | Yes | Fellows and faculty |
Neurology Grand Rounds (topics vary, not used for curriculum requirements) | Yes | Entire neurology department |
Offered Annually | ||
New Fellow Orientation | Yes | Fellows and program director |
Annual American Neuropsychiatric Association meeting | No | Fellows |