Interdisciplinary Treatment Team Training in Geriatric Psychiatry:

Abstract

This paper describes the adaptation and implementation of an interdisciplinary treatment team training model to the training of geriatric psychiatrists. The Program for Organizing Interdisciplinary Self-Education (POISE) was designed as a durable, cost-effective approach to teaching interdisciplinary treatment team members methods of self-education, which serve as ongoing tools for planning treatment for patients. POISE is being applied to the New York State/Columbia University Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program, a collaborative program of the New York Office of Mental Health, Columbia University Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, and Willard Psychiatric Center, a traditional mental hospital in upper New York State.