Welcome Students!

Geriatric Clerkship Orientation

How do I read my schedule?

Students are listed in alphabetical order and are paired with a primary preceptor.

Unless otherwise specified, you will be with your preceptor at all locations, except when scheduled at a community partner location.

The 1st week of your rotation is on the left and the 2nd week is on the right.

Each day is broken down into AM and PM. The Workshop schedule is listed at the end. Last minute schedule changes will be sent to you via

text page and email.

What are all the abbreviations?

DVOC: Dogwood Village of Orange County WCBR: Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge HS: Health South NH: Nursing Home CC: Colonnades Clinic JABA: Jefferson Area Board on Aging CHR: Charlottesville Health & Rehab Project: This is time “off” for you to work on your final

presentation that you will present at Wrap Up.

What is the difference?

JABA Clinic: Our Geriatric Clinic is located at Hillsdale Drive. – You will meet with either your preceptor OR another geriatric faculty

member who will be listed on your schedule. JABA Senior Centers: These are community centers located in the following

counties: Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, and Nelson. – Your preceptor will NOT be at these locations.– These centers will give you an opportunity to interact with geriatric patients

and nursing staff in a community center setting.

Palliative Clinic: Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center – Wed/Thurs.: 3rd Floor, Fri.: Ground Floor (Radiation Oncology)

Palliative Consults: Meets in Main Hospital, 3 East Conf. Room (near nursing station) Page: 1539 the day prior. If Dr. Blackhall is assigned, please page her at 4591

Rounds begin at 9am.

Communication is Key

Community Preceptors Please call the day before.– Lee (540) 836-0076– Young (540) 649-3963– Neal (434) 466-3142

JABA Senior Centers please email in advance. – (Louisa) Patricia Higgins (phiggins@jabacares.org)

(540- 967-4431)– (Greene) Gail Auer (gauer@jabacares.org)

Communication is Key Cont’d

Please email in advance Hospice of the Piedmont – Angela Stiltner, M.D.– angela.stiltner@hopva.org (434) 817-6925 (Team

Meetings @ 8:30am Tues./ Wed. 8:15am

Please email in advance Continuum Home Health – Lori Koch, RN – Lak9a@virginia.edu (434) 984-2273

Health South – please page the day before.

How do I find directions to clinics?

On our website under the Geriatric Clerkship Orientation click tab Directions to Educational Sites:

http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/clinical/departments/medicine/education/geri

Oasis Evaluations

Very important: Be sure to enter your evaluators into Oasis. You need to have at least 3. Your primary preceptor should be one of them.

– If you don’t have 3, you may list Dr. Cheng.

If you do not enter your evaluators, the system will not alert Dr. Cheng to complete your grade.

Assignments

Please review the website under the Learning Materials Tab: http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/clinical/departments/medicine/education/geri/learning-materials

Exam (online)

You will be emailed the link to the exam. Exam begins promptly at 8:00am. You will have 45 minutes to complete the

exam. The exam has 20 multiple choice questions. Remember your on your honor.

“On my honor, I pledge that I have neither given nor received help on this

assignment."

Wrap Up

Please arrive promptly at 9:00am. Bring a copy of your presentation handout,

Oasis Contact Sheet (if you’d like for me to hold on to it for you), and copy of Away From Her, if you have one.

Please remember to complete your requirement checklist and enter your evaluators.

Presentations

Your presentation must be in .ppt format. – When you save your presentation, click on “Save

As” and under File Name, there is a drop down box that says “Save as Type”. Choose something that is .ppt.

– Bring a copy of the handouts of your presentation for Dr. Cheng and please email Karen Ward (krw5v@virginia.edu) your final presentations so she can upload them for you.

What if something goes wrong?

Don’t PANIC! Call Karen Ward 434-243-6889 Call 434-243-9397 (Karen's Main Office) Geriatrics Main line 434-243-4849 Can’t reach anyone? Page Dr. Cheng at PIC

3834.