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

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.: 3 rd 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) – Young (540) – Neal (434) JABA Senior Centers please in advance. – (Louisa) Patricia Higgins (540- – (Greene) Gail Auer

Communication is Key Cont’d Please in advance Hospice of the Piedmont – Angela Stiltner, M.D. – (434) (Team 8:30am Tues./ Wed. 8:15am Please in advance Continuum Home Health – Lori Koch, RN – (434) 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: artments/medicine/education/geri artments/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: artments/medicine/education/geri/learning- materials artments/medicine/education/geri/learning- materials

Exam (online) You will be ed 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 Karen Ward your final presentations so she can upload them for

What if something goes wrong? Don’t PANIC! Call Karen Ward Call (Karen's Main Office) Geriatrics Main line Can’t reach anyone? Page Dr. Cheng at PIC 3834.