Geriatric Medicine is the specialty focused on providing care for the health needs of older people. Training to become a Geriatrician provides a trainee with a wide range of opportunities to experience multiple sub specialty areas delivered both in hospital and community settings. Trainees will develop the skills to deliver care to our aging population within a multi professional clinical team and have the opportunity to select sub specialty areas of interest in line with the 2022 curriculum.
Geriatric medicine training is paired with training in General internal medicine and is a rotational training program where the trainees avail of the considerable experience of local Consultants based in the numerous training units around the province.
The delivery of the training is overseen by the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency (NIMDTA) and the current training program director is Dr Dominic Hart who is a consultant geriatrician currently working in Downpatrick for the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust.
A locally delivered educational program is organised by senior trainees and is closely linked to the curriculum learning requirements. A local mentoring scheme for new trainees is under development.
A summary of the training opportunities available through each Trust is outlined below along with local contacts. This list is not exhaustive and local clinical and educational supervisors and senior trainees can assist in obtaining detail as to how best to arrange and manage your experience in any given unit.
For more information about training in geriatric Medicine within Northern Ireland please contact Dr Hart at Dominic.hart@setrust.hscni.net.
