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Impact of Geriatric Emergency Fellowship Training on the careers of Emergency Physicians
Introduction The geriatric population continues to increase and will impact the emergency department (ED). Older adult patients require different care from other groups of patients. Hence, it is essential to create a workforce that specializes in geriatric emergency medicine (GEM). Geriatric emergen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8509112/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34660099 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17903 |
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author | Thatphet, Phraewa Rosen, Tony Kayarian, Fae Southerland, Lauren McQuown, Colleen M Dresden, Scott Liu, Shan W |
author_facet | Thatphet, Phraewa Rosen, Tony Kayarian, Fae Southerland, Lauren McQuown, Colleen M Dresden, Scott Liu, Shan W |
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description | Introduction The geriatric population continues to increase and will impact the emergency department (ED). Older adult patients require different care from other groups of patients. Hence, it is essential to create a workforce that specializes in geriatric emergency medicine (GEM). Geriatric emergency medicine fellowships were developed to serve this need. However, despite 20 years since the creation of GEM fellowships, it is not known how GEM fellowships have impacted the career of graduates of GEM fellowships. The goal of this study is to examine the impact of these geriatric emergency fellowship training programs on the career of geriatric emergency fellows. Methods We surveyed the emergency physicians who had graduated from GEM fellowship programs in the US and Canada by using a 36-question, web-based questionnaire. The survey was pilot-tested on five GEM experts, fellowship graduates, and a GEM fellowship director. Result We had a 68% survey completion rate, two partially answered the study. All participants reported that they continue to have GEM as a part of his/her career. More than half either received grants, published papers, helped establish GEM divisions or caring in their hospital, and worked beyond clinical work in the ED, including academic and administrative fields. More than 80% reported that their fellowship helped obtain their current positions and was helpful in career progression. Approximately two-thirds were satisfied with their current work/life balance. Conclusion The GEM fellowship training has been impactful in the careers of former GEM fellows and has contributed to many becoming leaders in GEM clinical service, administration, education, and research. It can serve as a stepping stone to a leadership position in a GEM career. Furthermore, our study demonstrates that GEM graduates report high levels of career and clinical satisfaction. |
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spelling | pubmed-85091122021-10-15 Impact of Geriatric Emergency Fellowship Training on the careers of Emergency Physicians Thatphet, Phraewa Rosen, Tony Kayarian, Fae Southerland, Lauren McQuown, Colleen M Dresden, Scott Liu, Shan W Cureus Emergency Medicine Introduction The geriatric population continues to increase and will impact the emergency department (ED). Older adult patients require different care from other groups of patients. Hence, it is essential to create a workforce that specializes in geriatric emergency medicine (GEM). Geriatric emergency medicine fellowships were developed to serve this need. However, despite 20 years since the creation of GEM fellowships, it is not known how GEM fellowships have impacted the career of graduates of GEM fellowships. The goal of this study is to examine the impact of these geriatric emergency fellowship training programs on the career of geriatric emergency fellows. Methods We surveyed the emergency physicians who had graduated from GEM fellowship programs in the US and Canada by using a 36-question, web-based questionnaire. The survey was pilot-tested on five GEM experts, fellowship graduates, and a GEM fellowship director. Result We had a 68% survey completion rate, two partially answered the study. All participants reported that they continue to have GEM as a part of his/her career. More than half either received grants, published papers, helped establish GEM divisions or caring in their hospital, and worked beyond clinical work in the ED, including academic and administrative fields. More than 80% reported that their fellowship helped obtain their current positions and was helpful in career progression. Approximately two-thirds were satisfied with their current work/life balance. Conclusion The GEM fellowship training has been impactful in the careers of former GEM fellows and has contributed to many becoming leaders in GEM clinical service, administration, education, and research. It can serve as a stepping stone to a leadership position in a GEM career. Furthermore, our study demonstrates that GEM graduates report high levels of career and clinical satisfaction. Cureus 2021-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8509112/ /pubmed/34660099 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17903 Text en Copyright © 2021, Thatphet et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Emergency Medicine Thatphet, Phraewa Rosen, Tony Kayarian, Fae Southerland, Lauren McQuown, Colleen M Dresden, Scott Liu, Shan W Impact of Geriatric Emergency Fellowship Training on the careers of Emergency Physicians |
title | Impact of Geriatric Emergency Fellowship Training on the careers of Emergency Physicians |
title_full | Impact of Geriatric Emergency Fellowship Training on the careers of Emergency Physicians |
title_fullStr | Impact of Geriatric Emergency Fellowship Training on the careers of Emergency Physicians |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Geriatric Emergency Fellowship Training on the careers of Emergency Physicians |
title_short | Impact of Geriatric Emergency Fellowship Training on the careers of Emergency Physicians |
title_sort | impact of geriatric emergency fellowship training on the careers of emergency physicians |
topic | Emergency Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8509112/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34660099 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17903 |
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