Exploring educational needs on frailty outside geriatrics: a survey of European Union of Medical Specialists’ bodies
Román Romero Ortuño, Sara Solis López, M. Cristina Polidori, Tahir Masud, Michael Vassallo, Marianne van Iersel, Jūratė Macijauskienė, Eva Topinková, Maria Nuotio, Rozemarijn L. Van Bruchem-Visser, Maria Victoria Farré Mercadé, Mario Barbagallo · 2026
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Frailty leaves older adults vulnerable, yet most specialists outside geriatrics get little training in it. Román Romero Ortuño and co-authors survey specialist bodies across the European Union of Medical Specialists. Respondents were doctors in other fields who treat patients over 65, spanning forty specialties in thirty-nine countries.
Of 283 eligible respondents, 83 percent had no formal geriatric training, though they rated frailty's importance at eight out of ten. Over half believed frailty simply worsens with time. Most knew at least one validated frailty tool, but a third never used one, citing unfamiliarity and time pressure. The authors use the gaps to shape cross-specialty teaching on frailty.
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| CREATOR | Román Romero Ortuño, Sara Solis López, M. Cristina Polidori, Tahir Masud, Michael Vassallo, Marianne van Iersel, Jūratė Macijauskienė, Eva Topinková, Maria Nuotio, Rozemarijn L. Van Bruchem-Visser, Maria Victoria Farré Mercadé, Mario Barbagallo |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |