Dialogue on Geriatrics: How Should We Fix the Problem?
Authors: John R. Burton, Samuel C. Durso
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2012)

Letters18 September 2012Dialogue on Geriatrics: How Should We Fix the Problem?John R. Burton, MD and Samuel C. Durso, MD, MBAJohn R. Burton, MDFrom The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21224.Search for more papers by this author and Samuel C. Durso, MD, MBAFrom The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21224.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-157-6-201209180-00015 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Golden and colleagues (1) ask if geriatric medicine is terminally ill and make a case to restructure training by reallocating resources from fellowship training to teaching initiatives to “gerontologize” medical students and nongeriatricians.We would counter that geriatrics is very much alive and that the fellowship-trained geriatricians have accomplished much of what Golden and colleagues propose. Academic geriatrics was started in recent decades by nongeriatricians who saw a need to improve the health care of seniors through research, education, and program innovation. They developed fellowship programs to train physicians to lead this movement. The care of seniors ...Reference1. Golden AG, Silverman MA, Mintzer MJ. Is geriatric medicine terminally ill? Ann Intern Med. 2012;156:654-6. [PMID: 22547474] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: John R. Burton, MD; Samuel C. Durso, MD, MBAAffiliations: From The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21224.Disclosures: Dr. Burton: Grants/grants pending (money to institution): HRSA Geriatric Education Center, John A. Hartford Foundation (via American Geriatrics Society) for specialists' education, Donald W. Reynolds Advisory Panel for Geriatric Education Grants; Royalties: JHS Press. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoIs Geriatric Medicine Terminally Ill? Adam G. Golden , Michael A. Silverman , and Michael J. Mintzer Treating Our Societal Scotoma: The Case for Investing in Geriatrics, Our Nation's Future, and Our Patients Rosanne M. Leipzig , William J. Hall , and Linda P. Fried Dialogue on Geriatrics: How Should We Fix the Problem? David Hamerman Dialogue on Geriatrics: How Should We Fix the Problem? Leslie S. Libow Dialogue on Geriatrics: How Should We Fix the Problem? Kenneth M. Madden and Kenneth Rockwood Dialogue on Geriatrics: How Should We Fix the Problem? T.S. Dharmarajan and Abishek Kumar Dialogue on Geriatrics: How Should We Fix the Problem? Hajime Ichiseki Dialogue on Geriatrics: How Should We Fix the Problem? Giuseppe Bellelli and Marco Trabucchi Dialogue on Geriatrics: How Should We Fix the Problem? Adam G. Golden , Michael A. Silverman , and Michael J. Mintzer Metrics Cited byBasic Geriatrics Knowledge Among Internal Medicine Trainees in a Teaching Hospital in Saudi Arabia 18 September 2012Volume 157, Issue 6Page: 455KeywordsElderlyFallsFellowshipsFrailtyGeriatricsHealth careIncontinenceSub-specialty careSurgeryVeteran care ePublished: 18 September 2012 Issue Published: 18 September 2012 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2012 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...