The Department of Medicine offers a unique combined Geriatric-Rheumatology Fellowship. The three year experience comprises a year of clinical geriatrics and training in clinical epidemiology and health services research, a year of clinical rheumatology and an opportunity to explore scholarly geriatric-rheumatology research projects in the third year. Flexible programs can be developed.
Weekly conferences feature discussions of patient management and visiting professor rounds.
A course on the Fundamentals of Medical Research provides a background in the principles of clinical research and statistics. Other research conferences introduce the fellow to health services research. During this year, fellows also begin their rheumatology training with conferences and outpatient management experiences. YEAR II Fellows rotate between HUP and the VAH during the rheumatology year. Regular conferences involve radiology rounds, a combined conference with the Allergy and Immunology Section, patient management sessions, research conference, and journal club.