Medical School Education
At the 2007 Geriatrics Consensus Conference, hosted by the
AAMC, medical professionals, educators, experts and leaders
devised a set of competencies for evaluating the quality of
the geriatric curriculum and its benefits.
In 2001, 92 percent of medical schools included geriatrics
education within a required course. By 2005, 98 percent included
geriatrics education within a required course.
Geriatricians in the Workforce
Geriatrics ranks 34 out of 36 specialties based on the number
of practicing physicians in the country--topping only vascular
surgery and internist/pediatric specialists. Geriatric medicine
has the third largest people-per-physician ratio; 104,700
people per one geriatrician.
Related Resources
"Aging America: Meeting the
Needs of Older Americans and the Crisis in Geriatrics"
(Academic Medicine, May 2009)
"Keeping Granny Safe on July
1: A Consensus on Minimum Geriatrics Competencies for Graduating
Medical Students" (Academic Medicine, May 2009)
"Elder Abuse Education in
Residency Programs: How Well Are We Doing?" (Academic
Medicine, May 2009)
"Changing the Course of Geriatrics
Education: An Evaluation of the First Cohort of Reynolds Geriatrics
Education Programs" (Academic Medicine, May 2009)
"Strength and Influence of
Geriatrics Departments in Academic Health Centers"
(Academic Medicine, May 2009)
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Hartford Grants Program
Beginning in January 2000, the AAMC managed a $4.8 million
grant program for The John A. Hartford Foundation to aid medical
schools in the advancement of geriatric and gerontology studies
through integrative and innovative curricula. Forty of the
126 eligible medical schools received a total of $100,000
each for two years to create and implement a four-year undergraduate
curriculum incorporating geriatrics education.
The online GROW Clearinghouse was created by the AAMC and
the Hartford Foundation to provide educators with curricular
materials, educational methods and student feedback. These
and other geriatric education materials are made available
through AAMC's MedEdPORTAL, a service that makes peer-reviewed
materials available to educators.
Students graduating from Hartford-funded medical schools
learned more about geriatrics than students from other medical
schools.
Reports from the Hartford-funded schools were published in
a supplement to the journal Academic Medicine outlining
their geriatric programs and ways to sustain them.
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Related Resources
Number of Americans Over 65 will Grow by 35 Million Between 2000 - 2030
Source: U.S. Census; Prepared by AAMC Center for Workforce
Studies
Source: Academic Medicine, May 2009
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