Geriatrics Recruitment Resources

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An Introduction to Academic Geriatrics Recruitment and Career Development

Pre-Fellowship Decision Recruitment Strategies - Expose Residents to Geriatrics Fellowship and Career Opportunities
- Geriatrics Is Your Future: A Regional Resident Recruitment Program at Baylor College of Medicine
- Annual Resident Award Summit at the Southeast Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine (Emory University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham Schools of Medicine)
- Using Resident Applications to Identify and Engage Geriatrics Trainees at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Support Resident Research and Scholarly Projects in Geriatrics
- Scholarly Projects for First-Year Internal Medicine Residents at the University of Rochester School of Medicine
- Establishing an American Geriatrics Society Resident Chapter

Post-Fellowship Decision Recruitment Strategies - Provide Faculty and Peer Mentoring on Academic Careers
- Collaborative Grant Review and Mentoring for Clinician-Researcher and Clinician-Educator Trainees at Emory University/University of Alabama at Birmingham (Southeast Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine)
- Junior Faculty Mentoring in Aging Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine Center for Aging Research
- Aging-Related Research Career Development Core for Junior Investigators at the University of Michigan

Implement Programs that Promote Academic Career Preparedness
- One-day Career Development Retreat for First-year Medicine Subspecialty Fellows at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
- Fellows’ One-Year Academic Career Development Course at the University of Rochester Medical Center

Approaches to Advancing Clinician-Educator Careers
- Academic Faculty Scholars Program in Geriatrics for Non-Geriatricians at Boston University
- Geriatrics Excellence in Teaching Series for Faculty and Fellows at Duke University School of Medicine
- Faculty Enrichment and Educational Development Program at the Indiana University School of Medicine
- Year-long Master Clinician-Educator Program in Geriatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- Area of Concentration for Clinician-Educators at the University of Chicago
- Knowledge and Skills in Cultural Competence and Minority Health Issues at the University of Pennsylvania

Approaches to Advancing Research Careers
- One-Year Course in Research Methods and Design for Geriatrics Fellows and Junior Faculty at Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Grant Writing Seminar for Geriatrics Fellows and
Junior Faculty at Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Advanced Aging Research Training Seminar Series at Harvard Medical School
- Clinical Investigator Training Enhancement Program at the Indiana University School of Medicine
- Scholarly Activities Clinic for Clinician-Educator Junior Faculty in Geriatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine
- Interdisciplinary Academic Advancement Seminar for Junior Faculty Interested in Aging Research at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles
- Portfolio Structure for Fellows and Junior Faculty in the Academic Geriatrics Research Track at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine