RT Journal
A1 Kuehn BM
T1 EFfort under way to prepare physicians to care for growing elderly population
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2009
FD August 19
VO 302
IS 7
SP 727
OP 728
DO 10.1001/jama.2009.1140
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1140
AB 
In May, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS), the American Medical Association (AMA), and the Council of Medical Specialty Societies convened a meeting in Chicago to address the need for geriatric training in all specialties of medicine. The meeting yielded a white paper that recommends that all medical specialty groups develop and incorporate into their residency programs a set of geriatric competencies that residents should master (http://www.americangeriatrics.org/education/white_paper.pdf). The groups are encouraged to build on the 26 geriatric competencies for medical students established by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in 2007.