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Teaching Geriatrics in Medical Education Study
A collaboration between the World Health Organization,
the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations
with the support of the European Medical Students’ Association
Background
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Population ageing is a world-wide phenomenon. |
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Due to increasing life expectancy and decreasing total fertility rates – people have fewer children and live much longer - the population ages. |
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Presently, there are about 590 million people aged 60 and over living on our planet. By the year 2025 this number will have risen to 1.2 billion, of which 75% will be living in the developing world. |
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The oldest age group (age 80 and over) is increasing the fastest: 200% within the next 20 years. |
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Ageing has also a gender dimension; women outlive men in nearly all societies; thus in very old age women outnumber men 2:1. |
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As a consequence, health care systems need to prepare their primary health care personnel as well as all other levels of health care staff for this societal change. |
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The various aspects of ageing need to be more fully incorporated into the training curriculum of all health professions. |
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Disciplines like geriatrics and gerontology need to be further developed and regularly included into medical and health education. |
The
TeGeME
study
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The study aims:
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Gain insight of how and if ageing is incorporated into the medical curriculum world-wide
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Assess medical students’ attitudes on ageing / old age in general in selected countries.
Using a postal survey, the study will be carried out in 2 steps:
First step: December 1999- August 2000 ( TeGeME I )
A questionnaire is sent to national TeGeME focal points, students identified through the IFMSA/EMSA network. They will be passed on to a local student representative from each medical school in the particular country.
Second step: from September 2000 on ( TeGeME II )
A questionnaire will be send to the same national TeGeME focal points in selected countries. They will then pass the questionnaire on to a number of medical schools where randomly selected students in the final year will be asked to answer it.
Outlook
What will happen to the information provided to WHO and IFMSA/EMSA etc.
The information obtained will be used by WHO to raise the awareness of the international public health community about the importance of developing good teaching modules in geriatrics and pointing out the deficiencies identified.
Through this collaborative effort, WHO and IFMSA/EMSA etc. will seek to improve international standards of medical education in this important yet neglected field.