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History | Personnel | Rotation | Future
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| "Two of the three board certified geriatricians at Christ Hospital are UIC-Christ residency faculty." | History:
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The UIC-Christ geriatrics curriculum has undergone a great deal of change since its new coordinator arrived in 1995. Initially a geriatrician trained in internal medicine ran the block rotation, as well as the teaching nursing home. A home visit curriculum and a series of core lectures have been added, . Most recently, a graduate of the residency has begun taking the residents on the rotation with him to home visits and nursing homes on a weekly basis. | |
| "One of our graduates, now a community attending, brings our residents on nursing home and home visit rounds each week." | Personnel:
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Kevin Shannon, MD, MPH, associate program director of the residency, coordinates the geriatrics curriculum. He is board certified in geriatrics. He is joined by the program director, Kevin Sherin, MD, MPH, in the didactic instruction of 3rd year residents on the rotation. Dr. Magee, a Christ Family Medicine program graduate, takes the resident with him each week as he makes nursing home rounds and home visits. The residents see geriatric patients in the Christ Hospital outpatient clinics several sessions each week, and are precepted by family medicine and internal medicine faculty. | |
| "Our own graduate returns as a fellowship- trained geriatrician in 1999." | Rotation:
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The block rotation is in the final year of training, and is four weeks long. The residents have one-on-one didactic sessions with Drs. Sherin and Shannon, spend one day each week with Dr. Magee, and spend the majority of their time in direct outpatient care. A new feature of the rotation involves spending several hours each week with a chaplain working with families in crisis, and in group sessions with other residents and medical students discussing social and spiritual issues that impact upon medical care. Finally, a graduate of the residency who is in a geriatrics fellowship has begun taking our residents with him 1-2 times per month for both outpatient and inpatient experiences. | |
| The Future:
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The exciting news for our geriatrics curriculum is the return of a graduate as a fellowship-trained geriatrician in July 1999, when he will be a new and central part of our geriatrics curriculum. This is will be a proud event for us, as is the participation of each of our graduates in the training of our residents as community preceptors. | ||
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