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.
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Witham, M. D., Roberts, H. C., Gladman, J., Stott, D. J., Sayer, A. A., Aspray, T. J., … Yarnall, A. (2019). Growing research in geriatric medicine. Age and Ageing, 48(3), 316–319. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy220
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