PROGRAMMING • COST ACTION CA21122
Identify a pragmatic set of possibilities for continuous professional education in Geriatric Medicine (GM), that will be globally endorsed, to propose to stakeholders and policymakers across Europe, to facilitate or trigger change at each national level towards a minimum but substantial integration of principles of Geriatric Medicine in the attitudes and practices of practitioners and would eventually prepare the ground for more extended changes in countries where Geriatric Medicine is still emerging.
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Aim: To highlight the current situation regarding GM in COST Member countries with a focus on GM education and training and map educational and training programs at an undergraduate, postgraduate, continuous medical education and professional training level. Additionally, conduction of a co-creation process by qualitative research methods in order to identify, describe and categorize unmet needs regarding GM education, GM-related health literacy, GM-related public awareness and appropriate implementation of training activities for health care professionals across the spectrum of health care settings in participant countries where GM is still emerging. The MC will take care so as most (if not all) of the countries in question and the ITC will be represented and actively participate in WG1.
Aim: define the content of the training courses in gm destined for professionals working in ambulatory settings and home care networks, taking into account the results of t1.2, 1.3 and 1.4, already available curricula, literature review, including gray literature, knowledge obtained during stsm, stakeholders meetings, mc meetings and internal delphi procedure. Provide variations according to settings where trainees work.
Aim: Define the content of the training courses destined for professionals working in acute/subacute and long-term care settings, taking into account the results of T1.2, 1.3 and 1.4, already available curricula, literature review, including grey literature, knowledge obtained during STSM, stakeholders’ meetings, MC meetings and internal Delphi procedure. Provide variations according to settings where trainees work.
Aim: To propose a variation of the implementation of the educational course, described by WG2 and WG3, with the aid of ICT for remote application of the training so as to maximize impact and face education and training challenges in case in-person training is not possible and to incorporate various novel didactic methods. Activities and tools to accomplish the task: meetings and interviews with experts, focus groups, knowledge obtained during STSM.
Aim: To raise awareness and promote the added value of the specialized approach of GM in the health and wellbeing of older people among health care professionals, policy makers, older people and the general public, as well as to build GM-related health literacy among health care professionals. Furthermore, to influence policy makers of the local and the international scene in favour of the necessity of developing specialized geriatric care for older people. Eventually, to investigate financing possibilities and trace interested parties for future opportunities (beyond the PROGRAMMING Action) of further development of the training course as a final product, ready and available for use.
“PROmoting GeRiAtric Medicine in countries where it is still eMergING” Helsinki – September 21st, 2023Messukeskus, Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre, Room 216 Hosted by the 19th EuGMS Congress PROGRAMMING CA21122...
The EuGMS and the Romanian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (RSGG) co-hosted the event “Multidimensional strategies for the preservation optimal functional capacity for a better ageing” in Bucharest on June...
On the 6th and 7th of April 2023, the first face-to-face event of the PROGRAMMING COST Action, was held in Athens, Greece. After several months of online meetings, the PROGRAMMING...
COST organization (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) supports the exchange of thoughts and experience between researchers and innovators from Europe and beyond. In the light of its assumptions, effective...
Recently a free online educational resource entitled “Oral Health in Older Adults” has been developed by Wiley in partnership with the European College of Gerodontology (an EuGMS scientific partner) with...
Dear All, The COST Academy is inviting you to the fifth and final webinar of the series focusing on the work and topics of COST Actions from multiple fields. The webinars...
The PROGRAMMING (PROmoting GeRiAtric Medicine in countries where it is still eMergING) COST Action 21122 has opened a call for Applications for Grants for Short Term Scientific Missions, Virtual Mobility Grants and...
Local: BucharestDates: 6 to 8 June 2023Title: WG/MC2 meeting and 2nd stakeholders/policy makers’ open eventTopic: Multidimensional strategies for the preservation of optimal functional capacity for a better ageing Dear colleagues,...
Athens 6-7 April 2023. Local organizers: Hellenic Society for the Study and Research of Aging (HeSSRA) in co-organization with the Postgraduate Medical Studies Program “Physiology of Aging and Geriatric Syndromes” School of...
Type: Other COST relevant meetingsDates: 28/02/2023 – 02/03/2023with the contribution of University College London (UCL)
On 2/11/22, EuGMS launched a new adventure! The COST Action PROGRAMMING PROmoting GeRiAtric Medicine in countries where it is still eMergING kicked off. EuGMS, other than being the Grant Holder...