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Geriatric Academic Career Award (GACA)
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The purpose of the GACA program is to support the career development of individual junior faculty in geriatrics at accredited health professions schools or graduate programs approved by the Secretary, including schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, allied health, physician assistant programs, chiropractic, podiatric medicine, optometry, public health, and veterinary medicine, and accredited graduate programs in health administration and behavioral health and mental health practice including clinical psychology, clinical social work, professional counseling, and marriage and family therapy, and to provide clinical training in geriatrics, including the training of interprofessional teams of health care professionals. Tribes and tribal organizations are eligible if they otherwise meet the eligibility requirements. The goals of the program are for the GACA candidate to (a) develop the necessary skills to lead health care transformation in a variety of age-friendly settings, including rural and/or medically underserved settings ; (b) be age–friendly, and (c) provide training in clinical geriatrics, including the training of interprofessional teams of healthcare professionals to provide healthcare for older adults. Program Objectives include: 1. Develop junior faculty career as an academic geriatrics specialist to address the above program goals; (2) educate and train the healthcare workforce, within the context of the age-friendly health systems framework, to address dementia-risk reduction, dementia across the disease trajectory including training on dementia medications as they are approved for use, health disparities and social determinants of health, and nursing home care, and (3) Advance the GACA candidate’s career development through participation in leadership positions in professional organizations.
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In Academic Year 2019-2020 GACA supported the career development of 26 junior faculty in geriatrics from the following disciplines: geriatric psychiatry, social work, addiction counseling, family medicine, internal medicine, geriatric medicine, general dentistry, advanced practice nursing, pharmacy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy. They had 2,634 contact hours in a primary care setting, 941 contact hours in a medically underserved community, and 503 contact hours in a rural area. The majority of GACA recipients provided clinical services in a primary care setting (23) and/or a medically underserved community (14). There were 10 in rural settings. In addition, there were 34 articles published and 62 conference presentations.
GACA awardees developed or enhanced and implemented 363 different curricular activities. The delivery modes used to offer course or training activities were classroom-based, distance learning, hybrid, clinical rotation, experiential/field-based, grand rounds, and simulation-based training. These together reached 18,692 people. With regard to faculty instruction, GACA awardees offered 307 courses during the academic year, reaching 14,692 students and clinicians with the delivery mode used to offer course including classroom-based, clinical rotation, hybrid, archived/self-paced distance learning, real-time/live distance learning, and other types.
In Academic Year 2020-2021, GACA supported the career development of 25 junior faculty in geriatric medicine (52 percent), family and internal medicine (12 percent), advanced practice nursing in gerontology (8 percent), occupational and physical therapy (8 percent), social work and addiction counseling (8 percent), geriatric psychiatry (4 percent), general dentistry (4 percent) and pharmacy (4 percent). Sixty-four percent of GACA recipients provided clinical services in primary care settings (2,359 contact hours), 52 percent provided services in medically underserved communities (1,975 contact hours), and 24 percent provided services in rural areas (459 contact hours). GACA-supported junior faculty published 37 articles, gave 97 conference presentations, and received 36 research or education grants, including six grants worth $100,000 or more. Approximately 96 percent of GACA awardees received training in a setting that offered telehealth, and 40 percent received training in opioid use treatment. Furthermore, 68 percent of GACA faculty received COVID-19 related training, and 56 percent received training on health equity/the social determinants of health. GACA awardees developed or enhanced 646 different courses for students and 579 courses for faculty members, reaching a total of 30,177 students and 25,019 faculty members.
(AY) 2021-2022, the GACA Program directly supported 24 faculty, including 14 physicians specializing in geriatrics or geriatric psychiatry and two nurse practitioners specializing in gerontology. GACA-supported faculty gave 94 conference presentations, received 35 research or education grants, and published 32 articles in peer reviewed journals. GACA fellows also delivered 14,142 hours of education through 325 unique training programs and workshops. These courses reached 14,458 faculty, health professionals, and students specializing in medicine (35 percent), public health (15 percent), nursing (14 percent), behavioral health (12 percent), and other disciplines (24 percent). In FY 2022, there were 24 grant recipients. However, three grant recipients relinquished their GACA awards due to being promoted. The GACA Program is for instructors and assistant professors only. GACA candidates that are promoted within the grant’s period of performance are required to relinquish their grant. Therefore, HRSA funded 21 non-competing continuation awards. In FY 2023, HRSA is planning a new competition to fund 26 grant recipients.
In Academic Year 2022 -2033, the most recent year with available data, there were 21 trainees and 15 graduates in GACA Program.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
