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so
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our program is a one-year clinical track
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fellowship program and we are accredited
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for a complement of two so we can take
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two fellows per academic year and our
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program really offers
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a robust clinical experience with a
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balance
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of autonomy and supervision we have a
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dedicated core
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of faculty who work very collegially
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with our fellows and our fellows are
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really the strength of our program they
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make
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our program all the more enriched
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because we're constantly learning
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from each other and we're constantly
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growing with each other
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we're fortunate that our program boasts
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a 100 pass rate for our fellows with the
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american board of psychiatry and
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neurology's geriatric psychiatrist
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certification exam fellows who come to
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our program
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can anticipate expect and we deliver
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a strong clinical experience our program
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is grounded in a very learner-centered
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evidence-based curriculum
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we have a balance of inpatient
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psychiatric experience in geriatric
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units as well as geriatric specific
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consultation liaison experiences
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and electrocompulsive therapy or ect in
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which our fellows also get trained
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we then balance that with a very robust
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outpatient experience where fellows
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manage their own panel of patients
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and really get to deliver a combination
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of geriatric psychopharmacology and
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psychotherapy
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that's bolstered by a didactic
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curriculum that covers both
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we also offer rotations in sleep
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medicine
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in elder law as well as geriatric
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telepsychiatry
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and i think what we've seen just in the
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last few months with the pandemic
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in getting innovative with models of
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care delivery
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our fellows have been training in
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telepsychiatry for a while now so that
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is very much a part of our fellowship
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experience
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we're really a very collaborative and
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integrated interdisciplinary experience
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which our learners get to work with
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members of
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other specialties and really get to hone
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their team-based approach which
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i think is critical in the field of
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medicine in general the diversity of our
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clinical rotation sites is one of the
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strengths of our program
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we enjoy clinical collaboration and
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patient care as well as research in some
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areas
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so one of our partner sites is the south
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carolina department of mental health and
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specifically
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the cm tucker long-term care center
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where our fellows do their nursing home
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rotations in the public self sector
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nursing home
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but they also work there in nursing home
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administration and actually have a
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separate rotation that
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gives them a glimpse and some of the
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skill sets
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into what goes into being a medical
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director of nursing homes
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the state of south carolina through the
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lieutenant governor's council on agent
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offers
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a loan forgiveness program a geriatric
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loan forgiveness program
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for which individuals who have trained
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in a fellowship in geriatric psychiatry
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or geriatric medicine are eligible to
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apply
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and we are fortunate in our fellowship
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that we have a 100
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award rate for our fellows who have
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applied for this loan forgiveness
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program
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where i believe most recently it is a
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sum of 35 000 residents who are
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interested in our fellowship
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should consider what it is they want
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when they see themselves being in
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practice if they
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are interested in the in a career in
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geriatric psychiatry
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and they want to have not only the
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clinical
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skill and the acumen but also
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a professional collegial and family-like
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network of clinicians who
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are going to be their supporters and
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this is the program for them
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