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Advanced Behavioral Health Training in Geriatric Fellowships

Published: 2023-09-01
Updated: 2023-12-8

Project Description

Geriatric fellowships may be an opportunity to advance behavioral health training for physicians who provide care to older adults, increasing access to behavioral health care. This study will explore the distribution of geriatric fellowships by physician specialty (family medicine, internal medicine, and psychiatry) using ACGME data and surveying geriatric fellowship program directors.

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Abstract

Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy

Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

CB# 7590

725 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7590

BHWorkforce@unc.edu

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This project is supported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U81HP46529‐01‐01 Cooperative Agreement for a Regional Center for Health Workforce Studies for $1,121,875. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by SAMHSA, HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.