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Geriatric Medicine (GERI)

School of Medicine

GERI 541 Geriatric and Palliative Care (V) This four-week rotation provides medical students with an overview of geriatric and palliative medicine in outpatient, inpatient, home care and nursing home settings. Students will receive one half-day per week of geriatric medicine didactic seminars and one half-day per week of palliative medicine didactic sessions. The clinical placements will be provided at several teaching sites including Kuakini Medical Center, Queen’s Medical Center, the VA, several nursing homes on Oahu, Kaiser Permanente, Hospice Hawaii, and the Pain & Symptom Management Program at Queen’s Medical Center. CR/NC only.

GERI 542 Geriatric Medicine Research (V) Medical students will have the opportunity to complete a research project in the field of epidemiology of aging, and present an abstract at a local meeting. Basic principles of epidemiology and statistics will be taught. Repeatable one time. CR/NC only. Pre: departmental approval.

GERI 545 Geriatric and Palliative Medicine Elective (6) Four-week elective provides medical students with an overview of geriatric and palliative medicine in outpatient, inpatient, home care and nursing home settings. Students receive one half-day per week of geriatric medicine didactic seminars and one half-day per week of palliative medicine didactic sessions. CR/NC only.