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- Currently, there are roughly 7,600 certified geriatricians—doctors who specialize in caring for the elderly.
- Currently, geriatricians make up less than 1% of the 700,000 physicians in the country and an additional 14,000 geriatricians are needed to adequately care for the elderly population.
- By 2030, the nation will need 36,000 trained geriatricians.
- Since 2001-02, 310 fellows per year have completed a Geriatric Medicine program.
- If this number of annual graduates remains stable, by 2030 there would be 7,750 newly certified geriatricians; less than one-third of the number estimated to be required.
- In 2004-2005 there were: - 131 geriatric medicine fellowship programs (an increase of 11 since 2001)
- 444 available first-year positions (an increase of 19% since 2001) 7. However, of these positions:
- 33% first year fellowships were unfilled
- Only 334 geriatric fellows were in training
When compared to 2001, 56% fewer fellows were in their 2nd year References
- Longitudinal Study of Training and Practice in Geriatric Medicine. Assoc. of Directors of Geriatric Medicine, October 2005.
- American Geriatrics Society, Fact Sheets
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