SJH Geriatric Medicine Rotation

Welcome!

We are pleased to welcome you to your Geriatric Medicine rotation at St. Joseph's Hospital, Charlton Site.

If you haven't done so already, please contact the Rotation Administrator (Mr. Daniel DiCenzo, Education Program Coordinator for McMaster Geriatrics), in the next several days to indicate the following:

1. Your Academic Half Days and/or Clinic Days away.

2. Any scheduled holidays and/or professional leave during the rotation. 

3. Your preferred method of communication with the team (cell number or pager).

4. Any post-call days that will occur during the rotation.

The email for the McMaster Geriatrics Program is: macgeri@mcmaster.ca

ORIENTATION

On the 1st day of the rotation, please meet your Supervisor (Dr. Gagnon, Lee, McLeod, or St. Onge) for Orientation according to instructions in the Orientation email sent by the McMaster Geriatrics Program. Orientation may occur in one of the following ways:

1) In Person: 3FB Conference Room (F342; 3rd Floor Fontbonne Building)

• You will need to get to the 3rd floor of the Fontbonne Building at SJH. This building is located immediately beside the Visitors' Parking Garage. 

  • Once you are in the Fontbonne Building, head toward the Outpatient Dept & Lab (on the main floor). Just before you reach the Outpatient Dept/Lab, take the elevators across from the satellite Tim Hortons (which is closed) to the third floor. 

  • Turn LEFT out of the elevators and go down the hallway. The conference room (F342) should be on the right side of the hallway, toward the end.

  • There is a keycode for the room, so your supervisor will need to let you into the room.

2) Virtually (via Zoom, or similar), by signing into a meeting invitation sent by your Supervisor. The timing of this Orientation will depend on Dovetale training schedules, etc. 

Drs. Lee, McLeod & St. Onge meet at 09:00h; Dr. Gagnon meets at 08:00h.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)

• All SJH staff (including residents and students) are required to wear (at minimum) a Level 3 Procedure Masks at all times, in all clinical and non-clinical areas, unless eating or alone in a non-clinical room, such as an office. Please bring a clean mask with you each day to don upon entry. They are also available upon entry to the hospital. 

• Any wards in "Outbreak" or "High Alert" status require the use of N95 masks at all times. You may also choose to wear an N95 mask elsewhere in the hospital. 

• N95 Masks are often available on the wards. You may also pick up additional masks at the "PPE Depot", which is located in the Mary Grace, on the first floor (room G116). 

Click HERE for more recommendations from SJH re staff safety.

• As of June 2022, eye protection is no longer required for routine face-to-face patient interactions at SJH. This will differ on "Outbreak" or "High Alert" wards, and when seeing patients who are at high risk (or confirmed +ve) for COVID-19 infection. 

• If you would like to wear a face shield, there are often shields available on the inpatient wards. More face shields can also be obtained from the "PPE Depot" of the first floor of the main building, near the Wound/Ostomy Centre. Please ask a team member for directions if needed.  

• These face shields can be re-used by wiping them with disinfectant wipes upon leaving a patient's room. (However, a face shield should be disposed after a single use if you have entered a room with "enhanced droplet precautions".) 

Click HERE for a list of approved eye protection. 

COVID SCREENING:

Click HERE for more information from SJH.

ENTRANCES TO SJH (CHARLTON CAMPUS):

• Entrances to the Charlton Campus include the following three locations:

  1. Fontbonne Entrance (Open 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., 7 days a week; also for patients and visitors)

  2. Roof deck Entrance - St. Joseph's Drive (Open 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., 7 days a week; also for Labour and Delivery patients and Patient Transport)

  3. James Street South Entrance - South of the main patient Emergency Department Entrance (Open 24 hours, 7 days a week; also for EMS)

• You are not required to routinely show it upon entry, but please be sure to have your McMaster ID badge with you each day when you arrive. 

•  You are be required to complete "passive" Staff Screening on each day that you intend to come into the hospital. 

• • An online link to screening questions (which can be completed on your smartphone prior to entry) is still available at the following link, but is no longer required for entry. 

SJHH Screening Login

Please review the Orientation Information and Learning Objectives specific to your program prior to the first day of the rotation.

A PDF copy of the orientation document is also attached below.

Please click here to review important information regarding Dovetale, the EMR at St. Joseph's Hospital, and how our team uses it for consultation purposes.

DOVETALE (EMR)

SJH has transitioned to an EMR called "Dovetale" (EPIC).  Please review the "Dovetale Information" section for more information regarding how our team documents new consultation notes.

If you have previously received training and are uncertain of your login ID for our EMR ("Dovetale"), you can get this information from the IT Office, located on the 2nd floor of the Juravinski Tower (beside the library). You will need your ID badge. You can also call x33040 for more information.

You can access the Citrix Desktop from home by clicking here.  

Below you will find some useful documents to review prior to your Geriatrics rotation:

1. Template & Example of a Geriatric Consultation Note.

2. Evaluation of a Consult Letter form (to be used for senior IM and Geriatrics residents, and FM residents, if desired).

3. Map of SJH Hospital.

4. SJH & GRU Orientation Summaries

   1. ON-CALL information for the GRU at Juravinski Hospital is contained in the 2nd half of this document. This is relevant for all FM trainees 

RESOURCES

Links to resources which may be helpful during your rotation are found under the sidebar "Teaching Topics", to the left.

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns.

Thanks and see you soon.