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ArticleEuropean geriatric medicine2026

Global education and training in geriatrics: mapping transnational initiatives and their complementarities.

Román Romero-Ortuño, Hidenori Arai, Prasert Assantachai, José Alberto Avila Funes, Rosette Farrugia-Bonello, Siobhan Casey, Liang-Kung Chen, Gary Cheung, Jugdeep Dhesi, Fiona Ecarnot and 31 more

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Román Romero-OrtuñoEuropean Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS); Discipline of Medical Gerontology, School of Medicine, and Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. romeroor@tcd.ie.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3882-7447
Hidenori AraiNational Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6747-8680
Prasert AssantachaiSoutheast Asian Academy in Geriatrics; Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8467-5803
José Alberto Avila FunesInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0033-5508
Rosette Farrugia-BonelloInternational Institute on Ageing, United Nations-Malta (INIA), Valletta, Malta.
Siobhan CaseyInternational Federation on Ageing (IFA); Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland, Belfast, UK.
Liang-Kung ChenCenter for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2387-8508
Gary CheungDepartment of Psychological Medicine, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0239-9356
Jugdeep DhesiBritish Geriatrics Society; School of Life Course and Population Sciences, King's College, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0815-0233
Fiona EcarnotDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital Besançon, Besançon, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4224-9731
Leon FlickerWestern Australian Centre for Health and Ageing, Medical School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-0475
Tamàs FülöpFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Research Center on Aging, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5835-7449
Ashish GoelDepartment of Medicine, AIMS, Mohali, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8513-2624
Adam L GordonAcademic Centre for Healthy Ageing, Barts Health NHS Trust, Whipps Cross Hospital, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1676-9853
Radhouane GouiaaPoliclinique CNSS, Sfax, Tunisia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0578-1355
Celia L GregsonGlobal Health and Ageing Research Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6414-0529
Luis Miguel Gutiérrez RobledoWHO Collaborating Centre on Integrated Care for Healthy Aging at the Instituto Nacional de Geriatría, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9728-6644
José Ricardo JaureguiInternational Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG);, Buenos Aires University and La Matanza University, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Marina KotsaniPROGRAMMING COST Action 21122 and Global Europe Initiative (GEI) Group of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS);, Hellenic Society for the Study and Research of Ageing, Athens, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4696-0026
Jūratė MacijauskienėEuropean Union of Medical Specialists, Geriatric Medicine Section (UEMS-GMS);, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9343-2010
Stefania MaggiEuropean Interdisciplinary Council on Ageing (EICA); CNR Ageing Branch, Neuroscience Institute, Padova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0453-8663
Finbarr C MartinPopulation Health Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6911-3498
Tahir MasudEuropean Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS);, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1061-2898
Reshma A MerchantYong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9032-0184
Jean-Pierre MichelUniversity of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0718-4394
Manuel Montero-OdassoGait and Brain Lab, Parkwood Institute and Lawson Health Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Medicine and Division of Geriatric Medicine, and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5796-2361
Patricia MorschPan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO), Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7186-8219
Thomas MünzerEuropean Academy for Medicine of Ageing (EAMA);, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1891-1171
Balakrishnan Kichu NairSchool of Medicine and Public Health (Medical Education and Professional Development), The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9100-4298
José F ParodiFacultad de Medicina, Centro de Investigación del Envejecimiento, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima, Perú.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0336-0584
Grace M E PearsonGlobal Health and Ageing Research Unit, University of Bristol Medical School, Bristol, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3791-7504
Mirko PetrovicEuropean Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS); Department of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7506-8646
Karolina PiotrowiczEuropean Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS); Department of Internal Medicine and Gerontology , Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4760-8588
Regina Roller-WirnsbergerDepartment of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1273-6520
Cornel C SieberEuropean Interdisciplinary Council on Ageing (EICA); Institute for Biomedicine of Ageing, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6271-7459
Gregor SneddonInternational Federation on Ageing (IFA), Toronto, Canada.
Maw Pin TanDivision of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3400-8540
Nathalie van der VeldeEuropean Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS); Amsterdam UMC, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Geriatric Medicine, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6477-6209
Rohan WeeVictorian Geriatric Medicine Training Program (VGMTP); Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP); Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZSGM);, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-5686-3001
Michael VassalloEuropean Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS); European Union of Medical Specialists, Geriatric Medicine Section (UEMS-GMS);, University Hospitals Dorset, Dorset, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3474-3713
M Cristina PolidoriEuropean Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS); Ageing Clinical Research, Department II of Internal Medicine and Centre for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8881-904X

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National Institute for Health and Care Research NIHR302394
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo map and characterise major transnational initiatives in geriatrics education and training, and explore complementarities as a basis for a more integrated and equitable global framework.

methodsA mapping exercise and expert consultation were undertaken by the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) Special Interest Group on Education and Training between January and October 2025, including a meeting of international experts during the Twenty-First EuGMS Congress in Reykjavík. Eligible initiatives operated across national borders with an explicit mandate in education and training related to geriatrics and were not confined to a specific topic or subspecialty. Each initiative was profiled by scope, target audience, and contributions, and classified within a three-tier framework: (1) foundational capacity-building, (2) professional and interprofessional development, and (3) leadership and specialist advancement.

resultsSeventeen initiatives were identified. Tier 1 included the International Federation on Ageing (IFA), International Institute on Ageing, United Nations-Malta (INIA), PAHO's ACAPEM (Basic), ASEAN's Centre for Active Ageing and Innovation (ASEAN-ACAI), IAGG's e-Training in Gerontology and Geriatrics (e-TRIGGER) programmes, WHO's Integrated Care for Older People (WHO ICOPE approach), and AfriAGE. Tier 2 included the IAGG, EuGMS, EICA, PROGRAMMING CA2112, Victorian Geriatric Medicine Training Programme (VGMTP), and ACAPEM (Intermediate); and Tier 3 was represented by leadership academies (EAMA, ALMA, MEAMA/MENAAA, and AAMA), and UEMS-GMS.

conclusionCollectively, these programmes form a considerably disjointed but potentially complementary global ecosystem for geriatrics education. Greater mutual awareness and alignment, anchored in equity and interprofessional inclusion, could enhance efficiency and sustainability in developing the global geriatrics workforce.

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GeriatricsGlobal HealthInternational CooperationCapacity BuildingEuropeHumansCapacity buildingContinuingEducationGeriatrics educationGlobal healthHealth workforceInternational cooperationMedical

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