No Time Like the Present: Geriatric Psychiatry in the General Psychiatry Residency

Online resources with educational materials related to healthcare of older adults Resources for enhancing geriatric psychiatry curriculum American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry’s COVID-19 Online Trainee Curriculum [10] National Neuroscience Curriculum Initiative [11] American Geriatrics Society’s Educational and Clinical Tools [12] GeriPal [13] Deprescribing.org [14] Resources for patients and caregivers on aging, elder abuse, health care, and substance abuse National Institute on Aging’s Health Information [16] Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration’s Resources for Older Adults [18] National Coalition on Mental Health and Aging [17] National Adult Protective Services Association Resources on Elder Abuse [19] Resources related to dementia for healthcare providers, patients, and caregivers Alzheimer’s Association [20] Advocacy organizations for other diseases, searched regionally or nationally Apart from traditional passive learning methods like instructor-led lecture sessions, active learning methods like problem-based learning and simulation can help diversify the educational strategies on topics like cognitive assessment and management of agitation. Residency programs, with the help of their social work team, can provide a list of local resources to address social aspects of mental health care of older adults. Many online resources exist through organizations such as the National Institute on Aging [16], National Coalition of Mental Health and Aging [17], Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration Resources for Older Adults [18], and the National Adult Protective Services Association [19]. [...]perhaps we should allow residents to enter subspecialty education in geriatric psychiatry prior to completing general psychiatry requirements, as our colleagues in child and adolescent psychiatry do.