There’s a charming article in the NYT on University of New England medical students who temporarily live in a nursing home to experience what their patients do. About three-quarters down the first page there are statistics on geriatric fellowships. (Please see my other blog entry on this topic.) Geriatrics is a field that has traditionally been unpopular; but I think that will change as the population continues to age.
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Geriatrics as a subspecialty has been somewhat unpopular in part because of poor reimbursements. As we know, procedure-based subspecialties are best remunerated. Having said that, as the elderly population grows and the government offers some loan forgiveness programs, the field is having a bit of a resurgence. Most Geriatric Medicine fellowship programs are available to candidates from both Internal Medicine and Family Medicine backgrounds and use ERAS. Click here for a list of ERAS-participating specialties and programs, including Geriatrics. There was a short piece on NPR that is now posted on their site about Geriatrics that is worth a listen.
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