SCHOLARLY PRODUCTIVITY OF GERIATRICS SENIOR FACULTY MEMBERS AND FACULTY TRAINEES COMPARED WITH THAT OF OTHER HEALTH-PROFESSIONS EDUCATORS

To compare the scholarly productivity levels of senior geriatrics educators and faculty trainees, and to compare their productivity with those of other faculty groups, the authors analyzed questionnaires completed in 1988 by 97 senior staff members of geriatrics education centers nationwide and in 1985-1989 by 91 faculty enrollees in the year-long professional development program of the Texas Consortium of Geriatric Education Centers. The chief difference between the two groups was that more senior educators (75%) than enrollees (40%) had published in the three years previous to completing the questionnaire. The authors conclude that the productivity levels of the two groups compare favorably with previously reported productivity levels of health sciences faculties in general.