Subspecialty Selection and Fellowship Training Satisfaction among American and Canadian Geriatric Psychiatry Fellows.

The Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Subspecialty survey aimed to identify key motivating factors associated with choosing geriatric psychiatry as a career, and to assess training satisfaction among geriatric psychiatry fellows/residents in Canada and the United States. American and Canadian geriatric psychiatry program directors were asked to distribute an online survey to their fellows. Descriptive statistics for quantitative items and Mann-Whitney U tests were performed to assess for differences by country of training. Thirty-one geriatric psychiatry fellows completed the survey. The most important motivating factors for pursuing a career in geriatric psychiatry were found to be "working with patients and families", "working in an interdisciplinary environment", and "intellectual stimulation". Fellows' overall training satisfaction was high, with American fellows more satisfied than Canadian residents (

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CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURES: We have read and understood the Canadian Geriatrics Journal’s policy on disclosing conflicts of interest and declare the following interests: Soham Rej has received an investigator-initiated research grant from Satellite Healthcare (Dialysis Company) for an unrelated project. SR also receives a salary award from the FRQS and owns shares of Aifred Health. The remaining authors report no conflicts with any product mentioned or concept discussed in this article.