The Status of Geriatrics Workforce Study - PhAssociation of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs

Grant Summary

The Foundation awarded a grant to the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs, for expansion of a longitudinal study of the status of the geriatric medicine workforce. The grant will update and maintain project infrastructure, provide funding to expand primary data collection through six new national geriatrics workforce surveys, and enhance national dissemination of study findings and resources. As the central and most authoritative source of information about geriatric medicine training, the grant will help provide a means for measuring the impact of programs such as those funded by this and other foundations, and by other federal funding authorities. The first two phases of this project were supported by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, and compiled high quality data on many aspects of geriatrics education for students, residents, fellows and practicing physicians.