EuGMS: acute session and GEM Sig meeting in Krakow, Poland, September 26th

Posted on 25th September 2019 by Administrator

For those who visit the EuGMS conference in Krakow Poland, please mark you diary:

Acute session

Thursday Sept 26^thfrom 10.30 to 12.00

Including presentation of European research agenda on EuGMS by the Sig

meeting room 7 (E2)

GEM Sig meeting

Thursday Sept 26^thfrom 12.00 to 13.30 (right after Acute session 7, just follow us!)

EuGMS meeting room 2 (E2)

Pre-course on #geriEM during EUSEM in Prague, October 13th 2019

Posted on 11th June 2019 by Administrator

For the second time, during the annual conference of EUSEM, there will be a pre-course on Geriatric Emergency Medicine. Organised in collaboration with the Eureopean Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS).

For more information, go here: https://www.eusemcongress.org/en/programme/precourses/geriatric

Weekend on European Guidelines on #geriEM

Posted on 8th June 2019 by Administrator

During the weekend of June 8th-9th 2019 representatives of the European Task Force on #geriEM met in Antwerp, Belgium to initiate a new #geriEMEurope endevour. A European guideline on Geriatric Emergency Medicine was drafted and planned.

Left to right: Jacinta Lucke (the Netherlands), Aine Mitchell (Ireland), Defne Zerrin Dundar (Turkey), Anna Ramovs (Slovenia), Rosa McNamera (Ireland), Arjun Thaur (UK), Pieter Heeren (Belgium), Christian Nickel (Switzerland), Laura Blomaard (The Netherlands), Mehmet Karamercan (Turkey), Bas de Groot (The Netherlands), Simon Conroy (UK), Simon Mooijaart (the Netherlands), Terrenc (Hong-Kong)

Our mission and goals: now online!

Posted on 6th February 2019 by Administrator

As European Task Force for Geriatric Emergency Medicine, we have laid down a mission and goal in a statement. The mission and goals were formally approved by both the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) and the European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM). A clear sign of one of our basic principles: #geriEM is about collaboration and multi-disciplinarity!

To read the editorial in EJEM: click this link

To view the statement: click this link

Well attended meeting of #geriEM SIG @ EuGMS in Berlin!

Posted on 6th November 2018 by Administrator

Coming up: #geriEM activities during EuGMS 2018 – Berlin

Posted on 8th October 2018 by Administrator

During the annual conference of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) in Berling (Octobter 10-12th 2018) there will be interesting #geriEM activities:

Friday October 12th 2018

10:30 hrs: Symposium “Geriatric Emergency Medicine: Old Patients in the New World”

Location: Room 4

Dr. Faisal Aijaz, Leisester, UK. “Embedding frailty in ED and its impact on patient care.”
Dr. Yvonne Schoon, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. “Measuring Patient Reported Outcome is feasible in Older Patients attending the Emergency Department.”
Dr. Els Devriendt, Leuven, Belgium. “The URGENT CARE model and unplanned ED revisits”

12:00 hrs: Meeting of the #geriEM special interest group

Location: Room B95

Everybody who is interested in #geriEM is welcome to join!

Well attended #geriEM section meeting @EUSEM in Glasgow 2018

Posted on 15th September 2018 by Administrator

Pre-course on #geriEM @ EUSEM Glasgow 2018

Posted on 14th September 2018 by Administrator

During EUSEM 2018 a precourse on Geriatric Emergency Medicine was held, with great evaluations. The precourse consisted of interactive
table top discussions and scenario’s and was fully booked. The faculty was an internation team of geriatricians, emergency physicians and physician assistants from three countries. Topics included polypharmacy, end-of-life care and delirium. Because of this success, during EUSEM 2019 in Poland the Geriatric Emergency Medicine will be organized again! Keep track of the website for further information.