Curriculum and Rotations
Geriatric continuity clinic
Fellows provide geriatric primary care and outpatient geriatric consultation, including comprehensive cognitive assessment.
Weeks of rotation: 52 weeks, 2 half days per week
Location: OSU’s GIM Upper Arlington outpatient clinic
Geriatric inpatient consults service
Geriatric program partners mainly with hospitalists, orthopedic and trauma surgeons, cardiologists and hematologists/oncologists to co-manage geriatric syndromes. Our fellows gain experiences in management of delirium, frailty, failure to thrive, falls and fragility fractures, goals of care discussion and polypharmacy.
Weeks of rotation: 3 blocks (12 weeks)
Location: Main campus hospitals
Subacute rehabilitation and skilled nursing service
Fellows join a team of Ohio State geriatrics and nurse practitioners to provide the transitional care from the hospital to home and gain experience in management of geriatric syndromes and diseases encountered in the subacute/skilled nursing setting.
Weeks of rotation: 2 blocks (8 weeks)
Location: Ohio Living Westminster-Thurber, 717 Neil Ave.; Laurels of Norworth, 6830 N High St.; and Laurels of Worthington: 1030 High St. (All located within 15 minutes from the Ohio State campus)
Long-term care
Fellows provide longitudinal care to a panel of patients in long-term care and gain experience in management of geriatric syndromes and family support in long-term care settings.
Weeks of rotation: 52 weeks
Location: Ohio Living Westminster-Thurber, 717 Neil Ave.; Laurels of Norworth, 6830 N High St.; and Laurels of Worthington: 1030 High St. (All located within 15 minutes from the Ohio State campus)
Adult Palliative and Hospice Care
Fellows rotate through inpatient consultative service and hospice service providing care and support to terminally ill patients and gaining experience in pain and symptom management.
Weeks of rotation: 4 weeks (1 block)
Location: Main campus hospitals
Subspecialty rotations
Examples include:
- Memory and movement disorder clinic in neurology: 4 weeks (1 block)
- Geriatric psychiatry: 4 weeks (1 block)
- Osteoporosis clinic, Arthritis and pain clinic and comprehensive wound clinic: 8 weeks (2 blocks)
Weeks of rotation: 12 weeks (3 blocks)
Location: OSUWMC
Geriatric emergency medicine
Fellows at Ohio State have the opportunity to gain experience caring for older adults in the Emergency Department, supervised by attendings who focus on geriatric emergency medicine.
Weeks of rotation: 2 weeks (1/2 blocks)
Location: Emergency medicine department at OSUWMC
Elective rotation
Fellows have opportunities to choose 1 to 2 subspecialty rotations to develop the skills needed for their career path. Examples include geriatric cardiology, geriatric oncology.
Weeks of rotation: 3 weeks
Locations: OSUWMC
Research and Scholarly Activity
Ohio State's Geriatrics Medicine Fellowship program provides opportunities and protected time for research, and also provides funds for attending scientific conferences.
Weeks of rotation: 3 weeks
Locations: OSUWMC
Weekly conference
Includes didactics, morbidity & mortality and journal clubs.
Weeks of activities: 52 weeks
Location: Virtual and in person at GIM Upper Arlington clinic