1. Growing research in geriatric medicine.
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Witham, Miles D, Roberts, Helen C, Gladman, John, Stott, David J, Sayer, Avan Aihie, and Meeting, Extended Working Group from the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre
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ELDER care , *CLINICAL medicine research , *ENDOWMENT of research , *GERIATRICS , *INTERPROFESSIONAL relations , *MEDICAL quality control , *MEDICAL personnel , *MEETINGS , *VOCATIONAL guidance , *OCCUPATIONAL roles , *RESEARCH personnel - Abstract
Academic geriatric medicine activity lags behind the scale of clinical activity in the specialty. A meeting of UK academic geriatricians was convened in March 2018 to consider causes and solutions to this problem. The meeting highlighted a lack of research-active clinicians, a perception that research is not central to the practice of geriatric medicine and a failure to translate discovery science to clinical studies. Solutions proposed included better support for early-career clinical researchers, schemes to encourage non-University clinicians to be research-active, wider collaboration with organ specialists to broaden the funding envelope, and the need to co-produce research programmes with end-users. Solutions to grow academic geriatric medicine are essential if we are to provide the best care for the growing older population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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