Experiences and Training Sites


The first year of the fellowship is intended to provide trainees with in-depth experience in a variety of settings with the full spectrum of patients and problems that geriatricians in any type of practice will encounter.  Experiences and training sites are described below.

 

 
2.  Acute Hospital Care and Consultation
 
3.  Outpatient Primary Care
 
4.  Outpatient Consultation and Comprehensive Assessment
 
5.  Palliative Care
 
6.  Homecare
 
7.  Subspecialty Clinics
 
 
 
 
TRAINING SITES
 
 
Duke University Hospital (Duke North) is a tertiary medical center and phase I trauma unit that serves North Carolina and surrounding states. The hospital has a total of 900 beds with planning underway for another hospital tower.
 
 
Duke South Hospital was the original hospital at Duke and is now home to outpatient clinics, and faculty offices. It is connected to the main inpatient hospital by covered walkway. 
 
 
The Durham VAMC is located directly across the street from Duke University Hospital. Faculty members who supervise at the VA are also Duke faculty members.
 
 
GET Clinic
 
 
Memory Disorders Clinic
 
 
 
    

 

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