Location: Columbia, South Carolina

Duration: 4 weeks

Course Offered: Throughout academic year

Number of Students: 1 at each site

Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of M-III clerkships

Students Report To: Students should  contact Maureen Dever-Bumba at (803) 434-1244 or deverbumba@gw.mp.sc.edu . to discuss elective rotation   Students will report the first day to 3010 Farrow Rd. Suite 300A to receive materials and orientation to the rotation.

*USC SOM Third Year Elective - A and B -  See Catalog  in Registrar's Office for Course Objectives

A- Health South Rehabilitation Hospital, located on the campus of Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, is a training site for Geriatric rehabilitation.  

B- Palmetto Senior Care: This program emphasizes Home Care, Day Health Care and Preventive Care designed to prevent institutionalization. It is one of ten (10) demonstration sites in the United States and offers unique opportunities to students.

C- Tucker-Dowdy Gardner Nursing Care Center rotation - provides care to frail, institutionalized seniors.

D- Richland Senior Primary Care Practice - A senior adult practice in ambulatory setting, has a wide mix of patients ranging from well to frail.  Students see patients under the supervision of the attending geriatrician.

E- Research - Students interested in a research elective should make arrangements several months in advance to discuss options.

The purpose of this rotation is to provide additional training in geriatric medicine.  Students will receive individual supervision as they assess geriatric patients in various settings Patients may be encountered in the office, nursing home, home and hospital settings  All rotations will involve a structured reading program designed to provide the student with a broad range of knowledge of the subjects more common in the Geriatric population.  Students also take both a pre and post test on this rotation.  Students interested in taking this rotation who have questions should contact Maureen Dever-Bumba at (803) 434-1244 or deverbumba@gw.mp.sc.edu to ensure that they select the site which best meets their needs.