The state of vocational training and employment of geriatric doctors

Abstract

The situation in the sphere of professional training and employment of geriatric doctors in the regions of the Russian Federation is viewed taken the Sverdlovsk region as an example. The problems of the shortage of teaching staff, the discrepancy between the status of a geriatrician trained in clinical residency and the status of these specialist trained through a system of short -term professional retraining are discussed. The article presents the situation with the demand for and employment of geriatric doctors in medical and preventive institutions in conditions of the shortage of primary care specialists. Specific questions are raised about the lack of certainty of the terminology proposed for use in geriatrics, lack of development and application of specific diagnostic methods in geriatrics. The issues of the organization of geriatric services in the regions of Russia are considered, based on the specific features of the administrative -territorial division. Further, dynamic improvement of organizational measures aimed at development of geriatrics as a necessary direction of medical and social work in the conditions of increasing aging of the population is proposed.