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Complementary and Alternative Approaches to
Fellow Recruitment
Kevin Foley, MD
David Sandvik, MD
James Campbell, MD
Complementary and Alternative Approaches to
Fellow Recruitment
Kevin Foley, MDDivision Head of Geriatrics and Geriatrics Fellowship Program Director
Michigan State University
Disclosures
None (all presenters)
Learning Objective
• Review several “vital signs” reflecting the health of the specialty of geriatric medicine: the past, recent trends, and a forecast for the future.
We Need More Geriatricians!
Comparison of Number of Certificates Awarded to Number of Active Certificates in Geriatric Medicine
(Family and Internal Medicine)
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2,412
4,089
5,940
8,2798,824
9,263 9,4749,701
9,915
10,21510,530
10,85811,117
11,42311,719
12,036
12,286
12,57512,835
13,08913,365
13,610
2,412
4,089
5,940
8,2798,824
8,1438,354
7,7627,976
7,420
7,7356,875
7,084
7,1287,344
7,345
7,0296,756
6,999
7,147
6,8736,256
Cumulative Certificates Awarded Active Certificates
Source: ABIM (Lou Grosso), ABFM (Gary Jackson), and ABMS. Data used with permission and compiled by Libbie Bragg and Gregg Warshaw, University of Cincinnati. Updated 2015
Geriatrics Fellowship Programs 1991-2 to 2013-4 Family Medicine
Academic Year
Programs Fellows (All Years)
Fellows > 2nd Year (% of all fellows)
First Year Positions Available
Fellows in 1st Year Positions (% Filled)
Fellows Completing Program
1991-92 17 17 --- --- --- ---
1993-94 16 17 --- 21 --- 7
2000-01 23 28 3 (11%) 45 25 (56%) 29
2009-10 41 54 1 (2%) 95 53 (56%) 65
2010-11 45 64 0 95 64 (67%) 71
2011-12 44 56 0 102 56 (55%) 69
2012-13 41 65 5 (8%) 98 60 (61%) 62
2013-14 41 52 2 (5%) 94 50 (53%) 64
Source: AMA and AAMC data from National Survey of GME programs, JAMA 1992-2014. Data through 2010-11 compiled by Geriatrics Workforce Policy Studies Center.
Geriatrics Fellowship Programs 1991-2 to 2013-4 Internal Medicine
Academic Year
Programs Fellows (All Years)
Fellows > 2nd Year (% of all fellows)
First Year Positions Available
Fellows in 1st Year Positions (% Filled)
Fellows Completing Program
1991-92 75 181 --- --- --- ---
1993-94 82 208 --- 142 --- 111
2000-01 96 293 71 (24%) 292 222 (76%) 247
2009-10 107 242 22 (9%) 394 220 (56%) 294
2010-11 104 237 22 (9%) 393 215 (55%) 284
2011-12 105 219 24 (11%) 388 195 (50%) 273
2012-13 105 246 10 (4%) 388 236 (61%) 275
2013-14 105 267 11 (4%) 383 256 (67%) 276
Source: AMA and AAMC data from National Survey of GME programs, JAMA 1992-2014. Data through 2010-11 compiled by Geriatrics Workforce Policy Studies Center.
Geriatrics Fellowship Programs 1991-2 to 2013-4 Family Medicine and Internal Medicine
Academic Year
Programs Fellows (All Years)
Fellows > 2nd Year (% of all fellows)
First Year Positions Available
Fellows in 1st Year Positions (% Filled)
Fellows Completing Program
1991-92 92 198 --- --- --- ---
1993-94 98 225 --- 163 --- 118
2000-01 119 321 74 (23%) 337 247 (73%) 276
2009-10 148 296 23 (8%) 489 273 (56%) 359
2010-11 149 301 22 (7%) 488 279 (57%) 355
2011-12 149 275 24 (9%) 490 251 (51%) 342
2012-13 147 311 15 (5%) 486 296 (60%) 337
2013-14 146 319 13 (5%) 477 306 (64%) 340
Source: AMA and AAMC data from National Survey of GME programs, JAMA 1992-2014. Data through 2010-11 compiled by Geriatrics Workforce Policy Studies Center.
Certification and Re-Certification by Year of Original Certification
Family Medicine Internal Medicine
Year CertifiedFirst
Re-certSecond Re-cert Certified
First Re-cert
Second Re-cert
1988 752 482 (64%) 282 (38%) 1,659 830 (50%) 426 (26%)
1990 473 318 (67%) 196 (41%) 1,204 562 (47%) 246 (20%)
1992 597 375 (63%) 242 (41%) 1,254 650 (52%) 292 (23%)
1994 771 415 (54%) 234 (30%) 1,568 774 (49%) 274 (17%)
1994 was the last year candidates could sit for the certification examination without completing fellowship training
Source: Lou Grosso, ABIM & Gary Jackson, ABFM.
Data used with permission and compiled by Libbie Bragg and Gregg Warshaw, University of Cincinnati. Updated 2015
Certification and Re-Certification by Year of Original Certification
Family Medicine Internal MedicineYear Certified First
Re-certificationCertified First
Re-certification1996 254 123 (48%) 291 169 (58%)1998 103 52 (50%) 337 231 (69%)1999 28 19 (68%) 183 117 (64%)2000 27 22 (81%) 200 140 (70%)2001 21 18 (86%) 193 132 (68%)2002 30 24 (80%) 270 189 (70%)2003 53 40 (75%) 262 168 (64%)2004 72 42 (58%) 256 138 (54%)
Source: Lou Grosso, ABIM & Gary Jackson, ABFM.
Data used with permission and compiled by Libbie Bragg and Gregg Warshaw, University of Cincinnati. Updated 2015
National Survey of Allopathic and Osteopathic Geriatrician Academic Leaders – 2010*
• 51% of medical schools reported < 9 FTE geriatrics physician faculty
• Estimated 1,549 FTE geriatrics physician faculty in 159 medical schools
• Estimated 249,910 FTE supply of primary care physicians in 2015†
• 39% of geriatrics program directors planned to relinquish leadership role by 2015
*Bragg, EJ, Warshaw GA, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc 60:1540-1545, 2012.
† HRSA. The Physician Workforce: Projections and Research into Current Issues Affecting Supply and Demand, 2008.
Program Directorship Changes 2009-2014
Academic Year
Newly Accredited
FM/IM Programs
FM/IM Programs
with Withdrawn
Accreditation
DeltaFM/IM
Programs with at least 1 New
Program Director Change
2009-2010 9 3 +6 152010-2011 4 2 +2 62011-2012 2 1 +1 182012-2013 1 0 +1 252013-2014 2 3 -1 16
Source: ACGME Data Resource Books, 2009-2010 to 2013-2014.
ARE YOU PLANNING TO BECOME CERTIFIED IN A SPECIALTY?
Specialty 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Family Medicine 6.4% 5.6% 6.3% 5.9% 6.2% 7.3%Internal Medicine
16.0% 15.3% 15.8% 16.1% 16.4% 17.3%
Overall number of responses to question regarding all specialties
9,356 11,150 10,278 10,167 11,230 12,041
Total FM + IM 2,096 2,330 2,271 2,237 2,538 2,962
AAMC, Medical Student Questionnaire, All Schools Summary Report, August 2013
Projection of the Number of Certified Geriatricians in 10 Years*
Obs. Year Forecast STD L95 U9519 2015 6232 0.045 5704 679420 2016 6290 0.052 5668 696121 2017 6402 0.058 5707 715922 2018 6136 0.058 5469 686223 2019 5958 0.062 5268 671324 2020 5803 0.065 5094 658125 2021 5837 0.072 5055 670426 2022 5749 0.074 4963 662427 2023 5658 0.076 4860 655028 2024 5489 0.078 4699 6373
*Auto regressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model for time series forecasting. Analysis provided by Yuning Hao, MS, Dept. of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University
Summary
Over the past 5 years
• The numbers fellows in first year positions, positions available, and fellows completing training have remained fairly constant.
• The number of fellows in the second year of training and beyond has decreased.
• Program directors have turned over at an increasing rate, possibly due to retirement.
Summary
• For geriatricians certified prior to the fellowship eligibility requirement, first re-certification rates are lower when compared to those after 1994.
• Second re-certification rates are very low.
• Of all geriatricians who were required to complete fellowship training, only 63% have re-certified for the first time (55% for 2004).
Summary
• There are now 6,256 certified geriatricians, the lowest number since 1994.
• The current influx of fellows is not enough to counterbalance the harmful effect on our ranks of low recertification rates.
• The number of certified geriatricians could fall below 6,000 by 2019.
Summary
If new methods of recruiting trainees into geriatrics fellowship programs are not considered, the number of geriatricians will probably continue to decline and lead to a further increase in the shortage of geriatric medicine clinicians and educators.
The alternative pathway to certification is one of those methods.
Recruitment of Mid-Career and Part-Time Practicing Physicians
David Sandvik, MD
University of South Dakota (USD)
Sanford School of Medicine (SSOM)
Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
Geriatrics Fellowship Program Director
Objectives
1. Review evidence that mid-career and practicing physicians are interested in geriatrics training.
2. Review why training mid-career and practicing physicians is a good idea for fellowships and the specialty of geriatrics.
3. Review logistic barriers to training mid-career and practicing fellows and creative solutions.
4. Suggest new sources of geriatrics-trained physicians.
USD SSOM Fellowship History
• USD SSOM is SD’s only medical school– Community school with immersion model– Four primary campuses– Eight Farm and Rural Medicine (FARM) sites– Highly developed distance education infrastructure
• Fellowship accredited in 2011• Three of the first four graduates were mid-career
physicians• No fellows were matched in the 2014 Match• Part-time track initiated for practicing physicians
Objectives
1. Review evidence that mid-career and practicing physicians are interested in geriatrics training.
Board Certification History
IOM. 2008. Retooling for an aging America: Building the health care workforce.
Survey of all Practicing Primary Care Physicians in Arizona:1992*
• 702 of 1011 complete responses (69%)
• 242 would consider a geriatrics fellowship (33%)– 2-year fellowship: 30% likely or very likely– 1-year fellowship: 44% likely or very likely– Mini-fellowship: 74% likely or very likely– Part-time fellowship: 87% likely or very likely
*Abyad A. Factors influencing the decision to enter a geriatrics fellowship. Educational Gerontology 2000;26:97-105.
AMDA Certified Medical Director (CMD)/American Board of Post-Acute and
Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM)*
• Number certified since 1991: >3500• Current CMD’s: 2140• Percent recertified at least once: 73%• Mean yearly certifications 2010-2015: 165
• Partly online program the last two years• Numbers are limited by space in
face-to-face sessions
*Personal Communication: Suzanne Harris, Director AMPLM
USD SSOM Recruitment History Part-time track initiated for practicing physicians
– Word-of-mouth advertising • One completed application withdrawn before starting • One rural physician without FM or IM residency
(unqualified for accredited track)
– Recruitment letter to supporting health system• Four inquiries• Two hospitalists part-time fellows• One physician boarded in two non-FM/IM specialties
(unqualified)
– One mid-career applicant accepted in Nov. 2014
– Other physicians have expressed interest
Evidence that Practicing physicians Will Pursue Geriatrics
1. Geriatrics Board Certification History
2. Survey of Arizona Physicians
3. AMDA’s Certified Medical Director (CMD)/American Board of Post Acute and Long Term Care (ABPLM) Numbers
4. USD SSOM Recruitment Experience
Motives for Practicing and Mid-Career Physicians to Pursue Geriatrics Training
• Desire to change practice style: burnout, etc.
• Desire for professional development and prestige: Confirmed in Abyad study (40%)
• Desire to improved the quality of care for older patients
Objectives
1. Review evidence that mid-career and practicing physicians are interested in geriatrics training.
2. Review why training mid-career and practicing physicians is a good idea for fellowships and the specialty of geriatrics.
Training Mid-Career and Practicing Physicians is Good for Fellowships
• Fellowship curriculum must remain highly relevant
• New pathway into geriatrics for US graduates– Many become hospitalists
– Many begin practice for financial and social reasons
• Educational debt
• Starting families
– They could consider a part-time program
Training Mid-Career and Practicing Physicians is Good for Geriatrics
• Part-time pathways could be built into all fellowships
• Provide improved care of older patients in existing clinical sites, since trainees continue in current practices
• Increase the visibility of the specialty of geriatrics
Objectives
1. Review evidence that mid-career and practicing physicians are interested in geriatrics training.
2. Review why training mid-career and practicing physicians is a good idea for fellowships and the specialty of geriatrics.
3. Review logistic barriers to training mid-career and part-time practicing fellows and solutions.
Logistical Barriers and Solutions to Training Practicing Fellows
• Relevance of education– Adult Learning methodology– Training is more of a collaboration– Solicit referrals from local Alzheimer’s Associations– Arrange outreach consultation days at nursing
homes to see patients on antipsychotics, etc.
• Develop novel educational experiences– Nursing home night call added for weeks when
fellows come off night call and miss a half day. Counted as less than hour-for-hour daytime learning experiences, but counted
Logistical Barriers and Solutions to Training Practicing Fellows
• Definition of part-time pathway: 2000 hours of approved education
• Schedules– Start training when the physician is ready– Every-other month or week?
• Location– Utilize physician’s personal practice for continuity clinics,
nursing home panels and rotations: Send a roving faculty member to attend experiences
– Develop distance learning technology seldom used in GME
– Develop distant rotations with local geriatricians (multi-campus model fellowship)
Objectives
1. Review evidence that mid-career and practicing physicians are interested in geriatrics training.
2. Review why training mid-career and practicing physicians is a good idea for fellowships and the specialty of geriatrics.
3. Review logistic barriers to training mid-career and part-time practicing fellows and solutions.
4. Suggest new sources of geriatrics-trained physicians.
Sources of Geriatric-Trained PhysiciansI
• Traditional post-residency pathway
• Mid-career and practicing physician pathway
• Start more convenient, local fellowships
– None of our past or current fellows would have moved away for a one-year fellowship, then returned
– Satellite fellowships model (Michigan)
– Multi-campus model (South Dakota)
Sources of Geriatric-Trained PhysiciansII
• Non-family/internal medicine-trained physicians (PM&R, Surg., Occupational Med.,etc.)– Train in a para-ACGME-accredited
pathway– “Board certification” would require
changes in board-eligibility
• Recertification of geriatricians who have allowed certification to lapse?
Sources of Geriatric-Trained PhysiciansIII
• Convince health systems of the value of geriatrics and geriatricians – Concentrate on services requiring geriatrician
such as patient discharges to SNF units– Systems might send their physicians for
training– Systems might provide stipends– Two of our four graduates are Directors of
Geriatric Services in health systems that had no geriatric services
Fellowship Part Time Alternative Pathway
James Campbell MD, MS
Fellowship Directors
May 13, 2015
Pre-Conference
National Harbor, Maryland
Learning Objectives
• Understand basics of why to offer
• Appreciate need for stakeholder assessment
• Understand how to do environmental assessment
• Comprehend multidimensional value assessment
• Steps to success
• Pitfalls to avoid
Background
• Work force– Supply
– Demand
– Total
– Geographic mismatch
– Program size mismatch
Assumptions
• Willingness to train is enough– What about money?
– What about time?
– What about location?
Assumptions
• Historical– Preconceived ideas
– New program recent history
– Worst case last 10 years
– Best case last 10 years
– Who weighs in?
Assumptions
• Culture– Academic
– Research
– Teaching
– Productivity
– Mission and vision statement
Stakeholder Assessment• Patients• Community
– Service organizations– Government
• City • Regional • State• Federal
– Philanthropic community
Stakeholder Assessment
• Health System– Faculty– Operations Administration– Finance Administration– Chair– Service Line Director– CMO– CEO– Board
Value Added Business Case• Story development• Audience • Service line alignment• Revenue levers*
– Average revenue• Price• Collections• Case mix
– Volume• New patients• Physical capacity• Operational capacity
* Weatherhead drivers of financial performance
Analyze on a System Perspective
• Capacity management
• Operational efficiency
• Effect on other service lines / departments
• Effect on GME
• Through-put
Beyond the Numbers
• Culture change– Behavior – Process
Change
• Certainty– Funding– Economy– Policy– Clinical practice
Steps to Success
• Recruitment
• Pre-approval
• Curriculum
• Accreditation
Pitfalls to Avoid
• Work with the Board of the applicant
• GME funding issues
• Billing issues
• Call
• Vacation
• Continuity clinical experiences