Geriatrics for Specialists Initiative: Increasing Geriatrics Expertise for Surgical and Related Medical Specialties - Phase V

Grant Summary

The American Geriatrics Society received a grant from the Foundation to expand geriatrics expertise in surgery and related medical fields through education, research, leadership development, and the institutionalization of new training requirements. As part of the grant, at least ten surgery-related disciplines will develop and implement new training requirements around geriatric competencies; a new public-private partnership will provide the majority of funding for 20 new Dennis W. Jahnigen Scholars to the National Institute on Aging; and portable models of geriatrics education for surgical residents will become widely available.