Geriatric Medicine Training and Practice in the United States at the ...

Table 2.2 Secondary Data and their Sources
Data Element
Undergraduate Medical Training
Number of medical schools teaching geriatric
topics as a required or elective course
Individual medical schools teaching geriatrics, death
and dying and palliative care
Medical school graduates’ perceived adequacy
of geriatrics training
Merck/AFAR Research Scholarships in Geriatric
Pharmacology for Medical and Pharmacy Students
Name of medical schools awarded Hartford or Reynolds
Foundation Grants to enhance geriatric content
Listing of medical students receiving Hartford
Awards and school attended
The John A. Hartford/AFAR Medical Student
Geriatric Scholars Program
Glenn/AFAR Foundation Scholarships for Research
in the Biology of Aging
Residency Training
Training efforts in geriatrics outside of primary care disciplines
Total number of positions and first year positions available
in Family Practice, Internal Medicine, and Psychiatry
Total number of weeks of geriatrics content required in
Internal Medicine programs
Fellowship Training
Number of certified geriatrics fellowship programs
Aggregate demographic information on geriatric fellows
in Family Practice, Internal Medicine, and Psychiatry
Growth in number of geriatric fellows
Geriatric Medicine, Psychiatry, and Neurology
Positions per Facility
Names and addresses of graduates from geriatric medicine
fellowship programs from 1988-1998
Names and addresses of osteopathic fellows
Practicing Geriatricians
Number of certified geriatricians, pass rates, geographic
distribution, and specialty
Number of re-certified geriatricians, geographic distribution,
and specialty
Demographic data on certified geriatricians: date of birth, year of
examination, years in practice, size of community where practice,
organization of practice, percent of time spent in direct care,
teaching, research, or administration, type and status of hospital
where practices, and medical school appointments
Source of Data
Liaison Committee for Medical Education Part II, Annual
Medical School Questionnaire, Association of American
Medical Colleges and the American Medical Association
Liaison Committee for Medical Education, Association of American
Medical Colleges and the American Medical Association
Medical School Graduation Questionnaire,
Association of Academic Medical Colleges
American Federation for Aging Research
John A. Hartford and Donald W. Reynolds Foundations
John A. Hartford Foundation
American Federation for Aging Research
American Federation for Aging Research
The John A. Hartford/American Geriatrics Society Projects:
Integrating Geriatrics into the Subspecialties of Internal Medicine
(William R. Hazzard, MD, Project Director) and Increasing
Geriatrics Expertise in Surgical and Medical Specialties (David H.
Solomon, MD and John R. Burton, MD, Project Directors)
AMA and AAMC National Survey of Graduate Medical
Education, JAMA, Educational Issue,
The National Study of Graduate Education in Internal
Medicine, 1996-1997, American Board of Internal Medicine
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, and Psychiatry
JAMA, Educational Issue, American Medical Association
and American Board of Internal Medicine
JAMA, Educational Issue, American Medical Association and
The National Study of Graduate Education in Internal Medicine
(NaSGIM)
Office of Academic Affiliations,
Veterans Health Administration
University of Rochester
American Osteopathic Association
American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board
of Family Practice, American Board of Psychiatry and
Neurology, American Board of Medical Specialists, and
the American Osteopathic Association
American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board
of Family Practice, American Board of Psychiatry and
Neurology, and American Board of Medical Specialists
American Board of Family Practice
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