EuGMS SIG education and training
Dear Colleagues,
The EuGMS SIG Education and Training is pleased to invite you to its next open online meeting, on Thursday 4th June 2026, 17.00-18.00 CEST (4-5pm BST). The agenda of the upcoming meeting is as follows:
Welcome Addresses
Prof. M. Cristina Polidori, co-Chair EuGMS Education & Training SIG
Prof. Michael Vassallo, co-Chair EuGMS Education & Training SIG
The importance of IAGG-EuGMS collaboration
Prof. Tahir Masud, EuGMS President
IAGG Educational initiatives: from the beginnings to where we are now Prof. Jean-Pierre Michel, Federation of Geriatric Education, IAGG
Dr Jean-Pierre Michel is honorary professor of Geriatric Medicine at the Geneva University Medical School. His main interests are Healthy Ageing, Vaccinations, and Education. From 2012-2014, Dr. Michel served as president of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS). He is now the honorary editor-in-chief of the EuGMS journal he set up in 2010. During his career, he cofounded the European Academy for Medicine of Ageing (EAMA) and is now the Director of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) Federation of Geriatric Education. In his role, he is responsible for the Asia-Oceania (ASIO) and Africa-Middle East-Europe (AFMEE) online training in Gerontology and Geriatrics.
Dr. Michel has authored over 400 published scientist papers and is the editor of several textbooks: 1st and 2nd editions of the International textbook of Geriatrics - 2024, as well as the 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions of the Oxford textbook of Geriatric Medicine - 2025.
Dr. Michel has authored over 400 published scientist papers and is the editor of several textbooks: 1st and 2nd editions of the International textbook of Geriatrics - 2024, as well as the 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions of the Oxford textbook of Geriatric Medicine - 2025.
Presidential vision for IAGG activities in education and training and opportunities for EuGMS collaboration
Prof. dr. Hilde Verbeek, IAGG President-Elect
Presidential vision for IAGG activities in education and training and opportunities for EuGMS collaboration
Prof. dr. Hilde Verbeek, IAGG President-ElectProf. dr. Hilde Verbeek is a neuropsychologist by background and currently holds a chair in Long-Term Care Environments at Maastricht University within the Care and Public Health Research Institute, department of Health Services Research. She is the chair of the Limburg Living Lab in Ageing and Long-Term Care, a formal and structural collaboration between 9 long-term care organizations, 2 vocational training institutes (mbo), Zuyd University of Applied Sciences and Maastricht University. Through scientific research, the Limburg Living Lab aims to improve quality of life, care and work in long-term care of older persons and their caregivers. It impacts society through its partnership with multiple stakeholders from various backgrounds, including real-world outcome measures, and involving people that share the passion, and use results to lobby for change. The Limburg Living Lab model of science-society partnership has been adopted internationally (e.g. UK, Germany, Austria and Sweden).
Verbeek’s research focuses on the impact of the environment on everyday life of older persons within long-term care. It is characterised by its interdisciplinary perspective, synthesizing and applying evidence from various scientific disciplines both within care-related fields (e.g. gerontology, psychology, geriatrics, nursing) and beyond (e.g. architecture, service science). Her research is leading in exploring innovative housing with care settings, especially for people living with dementia (e.g. green care farms, collective housing and community-based models). Furthermore, she explores how to transfer these environmental working mechanisms in regular nursing homes. She has published widely (including over 150 peer-reviewed articles, 10 book chapters and various reports). Since 2011, she has obtained approximately 7 million euros in project funding (as Principal Investigator and co-PI) through variety of sources, including European funds such as Horizon2020, ZonMw and the Dutch Government. Verbeek has successfully supervised 15 PhD students who completed their thesis and is currently supervising 11 PhD students. With her scientific work, Verbeek actively pursues societal impact. For example, policy makers, CEOs and managers use the results of her work in the development of their policy in long-term care.
Verbeek is a member of the Dutch Council for Medicine, and alumna of the Dutch Young Academy, part of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) in which she was a board member (2022-2024). Furthermore, she is the co-chair of the national chapter of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (www.coara.eu), member of the national steering group Recognition and Reward and serves as the committee chair Recognition and Reward for Maastricht University, aiming to implement a cultural change in academia to improve quality of education, research, impact and leadership. Internationally, she was a member of the Board of Directors of the International Psychogeriatric Association, is commissioner for The Lancet Commission on Long-Term Care for Older Persons and president-elect for the International Association for Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG).
Q&A with attendees
Moderator: Prof. Roman Romero-Ortuno, EuGMS Director of Education and Training
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Be on time, mute your microphone when you're not talking and enjoy this moment with your colleagues!
Please note that the meeting will be recorded and that the audio and video recordings might be used by the EuGMS for dissemination on the EuGMS website and social media.
Kind regards,
Co-chairs: Prof. M. Cristina Polidori, Prof Michael Vassallo, Prof Roman Romero-Ortuno
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