It is understood that longitudinal opportunities to see elderly patients with psychiatric

disorders can and will take place in all adult psychiatric patient settings throughout

the PGY I to V years. However, dedicated geriatric psychiatry training, relevant to

general psychiatry practice, will include two blocks (Block 1 and 2), each of three

months duration (6 months total). Block 1 will focus on knowledge acquisition and

early skill development of all CanMEDS roles, specific to the elderly patient. Block 2

will re-expose the trainee to elderly patients with a focus on consolidation of

knowledge and enhanced skill development of CanMEDS roles. Both blocks will be

supervised by psychiatrists with enhanced knowledge and skills in geriatric

psychiatry. The overall objective of this dedicated geriatric psychiatry experience is

to enable the general psychiatry trainee to acquire

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specific age-related psychiatric disorders, as relevant to general psychiatry

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disorders, who have grown old, as relevant to general psychiatry

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are outside the scope of general psychiatry, and when consultation with a

dedicated geriatric psychiatrist would be appropriate for optimal patient care

2. The trainee will participate in a continuous evaluation process.

3. CanMEDS 2005 provides the basis for the key competencies and enabling

competencies of the specific objectives for geriatric psychiatry content in blocks 1 and 2

of general psychiatry training.

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