Outpatient Geriatric Assessment Unit, Henry Dunant Hospital Center, Athens, Greece.
Russian Clinical and Research Center of Gerontology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
Eur Geriatr Med. 2021 Feb;12(1):205-211. doi: 10.1007/s41999-020-00419-7. Epub 2020 Nov 25.
Practicing geriatric medicine is a challenging task since it involves working together with other medical doctors while coordinating a multidisciplinary team. Global Europe Initiative (GEI) group within the European Geriatric Medicine Society gathers geriatricians from different regions where geriatrics is underrepresented or still developing to promote initiatives for the advancement of geriatric medicine within these countries.
Here we present a first effort to describe several aspects that affect practicing geriatric medicine in five different countries: Greece, Portugal, Russia, Turkey, and Tunisia.
We can notice discrepancies between countries concerning all dimensions of geriatrics (recognition, training, educational and professional standards, academic representation, working context).
These differences correspond to the specificities of each country and set the frame where geriatric medicine is going to be developed across Europe. EuGMS with GEI group can provide useful support.
老年医学的实践是一项具有挑战性的任务,因为它需要与其他医生合作,同时协调多学科团队。欧洲老年医学学会(EuGMS)的全球欧洲倡议(GEI)小组汇集了来自不同地区的老年医学专家,这些地区的老年医学代表性不足或仍在发展中,旨在促进这些国家老年医学的发展倡议。
在这里,我们首次努力描述了在五个不同国家(希腊、葡萄牙、俄罗斯、土耳其和突尼斯)影响老年医学实践的几个方面。
我们可以注意到各国在老年医学的所有方面(认识、培训、教育和专业标准、学术代表性、工作环境)都存在差异。
这些差异对应于每个国家的特殊性,并为欧洲各地的老年医学发展设定了框架。EuGMS 与 GEI 小组可以提供有用的支持。