- To improve
knowledge and skills in geriatric medicine for junior faculty
members or promising candidates for future teachers in geriatrics.
- To harmonise the attitudes and goals of future opinion leaders
in geriatric medicine throughout Europe.
- To establish a network among medical doctors responsible for
the care of elderly persons and those responsible for student
instruction, as well as general physicians caring for the aged.
- To stimulate scientific interest in geriatric medicine.
The executive board includes Prof.
R. Bernabei from Roma (I), Prof.
J.-P. Michel from Geneva (CH), Prof.
T. Nikolaus from Ulm (D), Prof.
Cornel C. Sieber from Nuremberg (D), and Prof. R. Kressig from Basel.
Just click on the member's names to read their CURRICULUM VITAE
(PDF files)*.
The two-year EAMA course was established in 1995 by the Group
of European Professors in Medical Gerontology (GEPMG) and two
sessions are held each year at the Institut Kurt Bösch in Sion
(Switzerland).
The highly successful format of intensive student participation
in working groups, giving short presentations and leading discussions,
as well as state-of-the-art lectures by experts in the field is
still followed today.
This site is intended to give the visitor an on-line access
to the main lectures given at this advanced postgraduate course.
*Acrobat Reader is required to open the PDF files, so if you
don't have it installed already, click
here to download the Acrobat Reader software.
