Geriatrics for Specialty Residents Program Expansion

Grant Summary

The John A. Hartford Foundation has awarded a grant to the American Geriatrics Society to competitively award funding to 75 medical residency programs to develop curriculum materials for teaching future surgeons and related specialists to better care for older patients. Each project will be led by a specialty medicine professor partnered with a faculty member from geriatric medicine, receive technical support from former grantees and American Geriatrics Society staff, and be brought together for opportunities to share learning. Additionally, six alumni of the program will receive funding to support planning for greater dissemination of innovations developed through their projects.