Growing research in geriatric medicine

Yarnall, Alison; Walker, Richard; Tullo, Ellen; Todd, Oliver; Steves, Claire J.; Shenkin, Susan D.; Richardson, Sarah; Lochlainn, Mary Ni; Makin, Stephen; Lim, Steven E.; Lewis, Emma Grace; Jackson, Thomas; Burton, Jennifer K.; Frith, James; Ewan, Victoria; Cox, Natalie; Clegg, Andrew; Brock, Peter; Aspray, Terry J.; Witham, Miles D.; Roberts, Helen C.; Gladman, John; Stott, David J.; Sayer, Avan Aihie; Extended Working Group from the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre Meeting

Abstract

© 2019 The Author(s). 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.

Citation

Yarnall, A., Walker, R., Tullo, E., Todd, O., Steves, C. J., Shenkin, S. D., …Extended Working Group from the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre Meeting. (2019). Growing research in geriatric medicine. Age and Ageing, 48(3), 316-319. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy220

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 21, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Jan 22, 2019
• Publication Date: May 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Apr 16, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 23, 2020
• Journal: Age and Ageing
• Print ISSN: 0002-0729
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-2834
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 48
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 316-319
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy220
• Keywords: translational research, academic geriatric medicine, capacity building, older people
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1816192
• Publisher URL: https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article/48/3/316/5298752
• Additional Information: This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Age and Ageing following peer review. The version of recordMiles D Witham, Helen C Roberts, John Gladman, David J Stott, Avan Aihie Sayer, Growing research in geriatric medicine, Age and Ageing, afy220, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy220