Program faculty members are deeply invested in the success of each fellow and provide exceptional guidance in the clinical, academic, and research aspects of the fellowship in order to meet each individual’s goals.
Fellows provide patient care to a diverse population at various venues including: Nebraska Medicine Clinics, the Omaha VA Medical Center, and community based long term and skilled nursing facilities. The programs primary clinical teaching site is the Nebraska Medicine Geriatrics Clinic, which is a certified Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) that provides a truly interprofessional approach to patient care.
Fellows also receive training to promote leadership skills and academic development through a core curriculum and training experiences. In addition, a designated faculty member and the program coordinator assists each fellow in tailoring experiences based on the fellow’s future career goals.
Program Information
Program Aims
Applying and Interviewing
Clinical Rotations
Didactics and Other Educational Experiences
Our curriculum is based on the Geriatric Entrustable Professional Activities and Competencies. Training venues and activities are selected to provide fellows varied experiences in which to practice and learn the EPAs. Faculty support fellows in graduated levels of responsibility and use assessment instruments to structure evaluations of fellows and provide feedback.
Our program provides diverse interprofessional training environments and structured curricula.
Geriatrics is the classic team sport and essentially all training environments engage fellows in team care. For example, the outpatient continuity, consult, and comprehensive assessment clinics are conducted in our Geriatric PCMH and the home care experience is within the VA Home Based Primary Care program.
Our program fosters leadership skills:
Fellows complete Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (STEPPS). The curriculum and experience in LTC contain leadership training for medical directors. Fellows receive training and complete projects using PDSA cycles for practice improvement in outpatient and long-term care settings.
Fellows also are provided a variety of opportunities to participate in research and writing.
Applications are accepted through the Electronic Residency Application System. Applications, deadlines and regulations are available in full detail through the ERAS website and the NRMP website. Applicants with J1 visas may apply.
ACGME Program ID: 1513021028 Number of Fellow Positions: 3
2023 Interview Season
The program will be conducting virtual interviews utilizing the web-based conferencing system Zoom. Applicants selected to interview will be contacted by the program coordinator, Travis Weyant, to confirm dates and itinerary details. Interviews will run 3 to 3 1/2 hrs. The program can accommodate morning or afternoon interview times depending on the needs of the applicant.
If you have additional questions, please contact the program coordinator, Travis Weyant.
The fellow’s core clinical rotations include; Outpatient Primary Care, Home-Based Primary Care, Geriatric Assessment Clinic, Geriatric Evaluation Management Clinic, Post-Acute and Long-Term Care, Inpatient Palliative Consults, Inpatient Geriatric Consults, Neurology (Memory Disorders), Geriatrics Psychiatry. The fellows will also spend time with Omaha local Program for All Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE).
The fellows will also have meaningful clinical experiences with other specialties including; Physiatry, Urology/ Urogynecology, Wound Care, Dermatology, and Osteoporosis.
The fellowship program utilizes the Geriatric Review Syllabus textbook as it core didactic curriculum. The core didactics consist of roughly 60 topics ranging from current issues in aging, geriatric diseases and disorders, to approaches to patient care, and care systems. Our faculty also present a series on medical direction and a series on quality improvement.
Fellows are required to attend weekly informal case conferences, monthly journal club, and, quarterly research conferences.
Fellows who are interested in research will have the opportunity to attend the annual UNMC clinical research symposium.
We encourage those interested in pursuing a career in medical direction to review the details and requirements of the Mentored Certified Medial Director Program.The fellowship program offers some financial support for those who decide to participate.
