Geriatric Medicine Program and Departments ofFamily and Community MedicinePublic Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0582, USA.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Sep;59(9):1730-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03546.x. Epub 2011 Aug 1.
Established in 1995, the Paul B. Beeson Career Development program provides faculty development awards to outstanding junior and midcareer faculty committed to academic careers in aging-related research, training, and practice. This study evaluated the effect of 134 Beeson Scholars on their medical schools' aging and geriatric medicine programs and on the field of aging research from 1995 to 2007. Quantitative and qualitative survey data from multiple sources, including the American Geriatrics Society/Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs' Geriatrics Workforce Policy Studies Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH) rankings of research funding, and other governmental databases were used to compare 36 medical schools with Beeson Scholars with 34 similar medical schools without Beeson scholars and to examine the influence of Beeson Scholars on the field of geriatrics and aging. Most Beeson Scholars remained at the institution where they trained during their Beeson award, and 89% are still practicing or conducting research in the field of geriatrics and aging. Twenty-six (19.4%) of the scholars have led institutional research mentoring awards, 51 (39%) report leadership roles in institutional program project grants, and 13 (10%) report leadership roles in the Clinical and Translational Science Award programs at their institutions. Beeson Scholars are more likely than a matched sample of non-Beeson NIH K awardees to study important geriatric syndromes such as falls, cognitive impairment, adverse drug events, osteoporosis, and functional recovery from illness. Total Beeson Impact Years (the total number of years all Beeson Scholars have worked at each school) is positively correlated with more geriatrics research faculty, after controlling for NIH funding rank (P=.02). Beeson Scholars have made positive contributions to the development of academic geriatrics research programs at U.S. medical schools.
成立于 1995 年的保罗·B·比森职业发展计划为致力于与衰老相关的研究、培训和实践的优秀初级和中级教师提供教师发展奖。本研究评估了 1995 年至 2007 年期间，134 名比森学者对其医学院的老龄化和老年医学项目以及老龄化研究领域的影响。来自多个来源的定量和定性调查数据，包括美国老年医学会/老年学术计划主任协会的老年医学劳动力政策研究中心、美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）的研究资金排名以及其他政府数据库，被用于比较 36 所有拥有比森学者的医学院和 34 所有相似的没有比森学者的医学院，并研究比森学者对老年医学和老龄化领域的影响。大多数比森学者在获得比森奖学金期间留在他们接受培训的机构，其中 89%仍在老年医学和老龄化领域从事实践或研究工作。26 名（19.4%）学者领导机构研究指导奖，51 名（39%）报告在机构项目赠款中有领导角色，13 名（10%）报告在机构临床和转化科学奖项目中有领导角色。比森学者比经匹配的非比森 NIH K 奖获得者更有可能研究重要的老年综合征，如跌倒、认知障碍、药物不良事件、骨质疏松症和疾病后的功能恢复。在控制 NIH 资助排名（P=.02）后，比森学者的总比森影响年（所有比森学者在每所学校工作的总年数）与更多的老年医学研究教师呈正相关。比森学者为美国医学院的学术老年医学研究计划的发展做出了积极贡献。
