A National Survey on the Effect of the Geriatric Academic Career Award in Advancing Academic Geriatric Medicine

被引:10
作者
Foley, Kevin T. [1 ,2 ]
Luz, Clare C. [1 ,2 ]
Hanson, Katherine V. [1 ,2 ]
Hao, Yuning [3 ]
Ray, Elisia M. [4 ]
机构
[1] Michigan State Univ, Dept Family Med, Coll Human Med, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
[2] Geriatr Res Workforce Initiat, E Lansing, MI USA
[3] Michigan State Univ, Dept Stat & Probabil, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
[4] Michigan State Univ, Div Publ Hlth, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
关键词
geriatric education; geriatric academic careers; academic geriatric medicine; workforce development;
D O I
10.1111/jgs.14884
中图分类号
R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;
摘要
A workforce that understands principles of geriatric medicine is critical to addressing the care needs of the growing elderly population. This will be impossible without a substantial increase in academicians engaged in education and aging research. Limited support of early-career clinician-educators is a major barrier to attaining this goal. The Geriatric Academic Career Award (GACA) was a vital resource that benefitted 222 junior faculty members. GACA availability was interrupted in 2006, followed by permanent discontinuation after the Geriatrics Workforce Education Program (GWEP) subsumed it in 2015, leaving aspiring clinician-educators with no similar alternatives. GACA recipients were surveyed in this cross-sectional, multimethod study to assess the effect of the award on career development, creation and dissemination of educational products, funding discontinuation consequences, and implications of program closure for the future of geriatric health care. Uninterrupted funding resulted in fulfillment of GACA goals (94%) and overall career success (96%). Collectively, awardees reached more than 40,700 learners. Funding interruption led to 55% working additional hours over and above an increased clinical workload to continue their GACA-related research and scholarship. Others terminated GACA projects (36%) or abandoned academic medicine altogether. Of respondents currently at GWEP sites (43%), only 13% report a GWEP budget including GACA-like support. Those with GWEP roles attributed their current standing to experience gained through GACA funding. These consequences are alarming and represent a major setback to academic geriatrics. GACA's singular contribution to the mission of geriatric medicine must prompt vigorous efforts to restore it as a distinct funding opportunity.
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页数:5
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