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University of Tennessee Geriatric Psychiatry Residency
Message from the Program Director
Sponsoring Institution: University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
Primary Clinical Sites: Saint Francis Hospital
Memphis Veterans Administration Hospital
2 Nursing Homes Affiliated with the Hospitals above
Program Structure: 2 PGY-5 residents who spend 6 months at each primary hospital site. Residents must have an unrestricted Tennessee medical license to begin. An orientation handbook is provided to residents.
Seminars and Conferences:
Geriatrics 01 Gerontology: Late life development/Social Issues (monthly, 12 sessions)
Geriatrics 02 Biologic Treatments in Geriatric Psychiatry (monthly, 12 sessions)
Geriatrics 03 Cognitive Aging and Dementia (monthly, 12 sessions)
Geriatrics 04 Psychiatric Syndromes and Treatments in Aging (montly, 12 sessions)
Geriatrics 05 Case Conference (occurs quarterly when there is a 5th week in a month)
Geriatrics 06 Geriatric Medicine (elective participation in Geriatric Medicine seminars)
If the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship does not begin, a self study American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Geriatrics Review Syllabus, A CD-ROM will be used for self-study.
Geriatrics 07 Neuropsychology Seminar (elective participation in Neuropsychology
seminars)
Ad Hoc Neuroscience Center Lecture series, Grand Round series in Psychiatry and
Neurology, Neuroimaging Conference while at the VA
Call: There is no on-site call. Fellows must be available, though for emergency calls from about existing patients from the 24-hour answering service. St. Francis requires telephone call about once per week for un-referred patients through their emergency room. Patients must be seen within 24 hours. At both the VA and St. Francis, residents have one day per week.
Primary Faculty (full-time Board Certified faculty in Geriatric Psychiatry):
Kenneth Sakauye, M.D. Program Director and Director of Geriatric Psychiatry
James Greene, M.D. Supervisor and Chairman of Psychiatry
Sandra Baltz, M.D. Supervisor and Training Director in Psychiatry at the VA
Auxilliary Faculty:
Alexander Auchus, M.D. (Behavioral Neurology and AD VA)
Jeffrey Mark Brint, M.D. (Geriatric Medicine VA)
James Dale, M.D. (Geriatric Medicine UT)
Mohan Gehi, M.D. (Geriatric Medicine - Family Medicine Saint Francis)
Cliff Nasdahl, Ph.D. (Pharmacy VA)
Ashook Rao, M.D. (Psychiatry Saint Francis)
Steven Rice, MD (Psychiatry Saint Francis)
Brad Roper, Ph.D. (Neuropsychology VA)
James Wood, M.D. (Neuroradiology VA)
Evaluations:
Evaluations will be sought quarterly from primary supervisors, using the standard psychiatry residency rating form for six core competencies (patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, and system based learning). The standard residency rating form allows the same domains to be rated based on higher skill expectations as residents progress. Attendance will be kept for all seminars. 360o reviews from non-doctoral staff coordinators who work at sites the resident is assigned to will be obtained every six months regarding professionalism, apparent knowledge, ability to work with multidisciplinary teams, and helpfulness. Written feedback from residents about the program will be obtained at the end of the Fellowship. Because the fellowship is so small, and anonymity is not possible ongoing feedback is encouraged informally throughout the year. No shelf knowledge examination currently exists for Geriatric Psychiatry. Specialty Board passage rates will be monitored following completion of the program.
Oversight:
The Psychiatry Residency Training Committee meets twice monthly throughout the year. A minimum of one meeting per year will be devoted to review all geriatric psychiatry teaching (general residency and the Fellowship). The Geriatric Training Director is a regular member of the Residency Training Committee.
Library and computer services are available with online accessibility 24-hours/day. Full text copies can be downloaded through PubMed, OVID, and Scopus. In addition, electronic textbooks are available.
Program Director: Kenneth M. Sakauye, M.D.
Professor and Vice Chair of Psychiatry
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
135 N. Pauline St. #122
Memphis, TN 38105
(901) 448-1677
e-mail: ksakau@utmem.edu
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