Geriatrics Recruitment Resources

About this Site
Acknowledgements
John A. Hartford Foundation Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine and Training
CoE Network Resource Center Advisory Group and Network Resource Center Project Team
About the American Federation for Aging Research
About the John A. Hartford Foundation

About this Site
The John A. Hartford Foundation Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine and Training were initiated in 1988 to address the critical shortage of geriatrics faculty at medical schools across the country. Currently, 28 Centers of Excellence (CoEs) are training scientists, teachers and clinicians in the special knowledge and skills needed to ensure quality healthcare for older adults.

The impetus for creating the CoE Network Resource Center was the recognition that there were no formal mechanisms among the CoEs to share their expertise with colleagues throughout the CoE network and with other geriatric academic programs. With a grant from the Hartford Foundation, the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) established the Hartford CoE Network Resource Center to collect and disseminate successful approaches to geriatrics recruitment and career development.

Based on an Inventory of CoE Geriatrics Career Development Initiatives, a literature review on recruitment and academic program development in geriatrics and related disciplines, and interviews with CoE directors, faculty, and staff, a comprehensive list of recruitment and career development strategies was developed and distributed to the CoE directors.

After reviewing these strategies, the CoE directors identified three key issues as the highest priorities in supporting efforts to enhance geriatric academic career development:

1. The recruitment of premedical and medical students and residents to careers in geriatric medicine
2. The recruitment of candidates to advanced fellowship training and faculty positions in academic geriatrics
3. The management of programmatic growth and development in academic geriatrics.

Based on the CoE Inventory findings, descriptions of CoE approaches to the above topics were compiled for this Web site. These program descriptions (available as downloadable .pdf files) can be used as models for new program development and as examples for medical school administrators and potential funders of how other institutions have met the vital need for recruiting and training a new cadre of academic geriatricians.

Acknowledgements
The John A. Hartford Foundation and the American Federation for Aging Research gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the many Hartford CoE directors, faculty and staff who provided much of the information contained on this site; the CoE Network Resource Center Advisory Group; and the consultants who served as the primary authors for the three topical areas:

Manual One: Recruitment of Students and Residents to Careers in Geriatric Medicine
Crystal Simpson, MD, MHS
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Manual Two: Recruitment of Candidates to Geriatrics Fellowships and Faculty Positions
Annette Medina-Walpole, MD
University of Rochester Medical Center

Manual Three: Programmatic Growth and Development
Susan Shampaine Hopper, PhD

John A. Hartford Foundation Centers of Excellence in
Geriatric Medicine and Training
Baylor College of Medicine
Boston University
Brown University
Cornell University
Duke University
Emory University (Southeast CoE)
Harvard University
Indiana University
Johns Hopkins University
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham (Southeast CoE)
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, San Diego (Geriatric Psychiatry)
University of California, San Francisco
University of Chicago
University of Colorado at Denver
University of Hawaii
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rochester
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh (Geriatric Psychiatry)
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wake Forest University
Yale University

CoE Network Resource Center Advisory Group
Stephanie Studenski, MD, MPH, Chairperson
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Steven R. Counsell, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine

F. Daniel Duffy, MD
University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine

Joseph G. Ouslander, MD
Institute for Quality Aging, Boca Raton Community Hospital

Jane F. Potter, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Judith A. Salerno, MD
Institute of Medicine

Rebecca A. Silliman, MD, PhD
Boston Medical Center

George E. Taffet, MD
Baylor College of Medicine

Mary E. Tinetti, MD
Yale University School of Medicine

Gregg Warshaw, MD
University of Cincinnati School of Medicine

CoE Network Resource Center Project Team
Odette van der Willik, AFAR Director of Grant Programs
Veronica Smith, AFAR Program Associate
Carol Goodwin, AFAR Special Projects Consultant
Gavin W. Hougham, PhD, Senior Program Officer, John A. Hartford Foundation
James O’Sullivan, MPH, Senior Program Officer, John A. Hartford Foundation (former)

Editorial Services
Toby H. Brener, EdD
Elizabeth C. Segal

About The American Federation for Aging Research
The American Federation for Aging Research is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support biomedical research on aging. It is devoted to creating the knowledge that all of us need to live healthy, productive, and independent lives. Since 1981, AFAR has awarded more than $100 million to nearly 2,500 talented scientists as part of its broad-based series of grant programs. Its work has led to significant advances in our understanding of the aging process, age-related diseases, and healthy aging practices.

About the John A. Hartford Foundation
Founded in 1929, the John A. Hartford Foundation is a committed champion of health care training, research and service system innovations that will ensure the well-being and vitality of older adults. Its overall goal is to increase the nation’s capacity to provide effective, affordable care to its rapidly increasing older population. Today, the Foundation is America’s leading philanthropy with a sustained interest in aging and health.