The "three tiered" competency model of care of older people

+ Competencies required by other healthcare professionals

Overall Project lead: Marina Kotsani

Rational

• Geriatric Medicine (GM) skills and competencies are increasingly required

• Heterogeneous historical GM development among countries

• Pragmatic and feasible solutions should be investigated for countries with emerging GM (training of existing workforce)

• Need for core GM competencies across all settings (and a standardized approach in all countries?)

Main objective

Provide a consensus on the content of short targeted education and training activities in GM for health care professionals across various clinical settings, mainly for countries where GM is still emerging and adapted to the local context, the needs and assets of stakeholders.