San Marino. Master in Geriatric Medicine “Giancarlo Ghironzi”, inaugurated the 10th edition
The inauguration of the 10th edition of the Master in Geriatric Medicine “Giancarlo Ghironzi” took place on 21 January in the presence of the Secretary of State for Education and Culture, Andrea Belluzzi.
TheSan Marino Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, underlining in a press release that they are “20 I new candidates for fellow doctors and psychologists which starts at new course for the academic year 2021/22, which will take place in distance learning and when it will be possible in the presence, which is added to the over 160 graduates from previous editions“.
It is “with enormous satisfaction” that the president of the Asgg, Carlo Renzini, announce this
result achieved, since the birth of Master in Geriatric Medicine “Giancarlo Ghironzi”, created by the same association and carried on in collaboration with the University of San Marino and Ferrara.
A II level training course, “so complete and engaging on health issues and
social welfare of the elderly, for general practitioners, specialists, graduates in Psychology and Sciences
Nursing, has found over the years more and more interest and acknowledgments also from
part of prestigious scientific societies such as the Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics e the International Association of Gerontology Geriatrics“.
“In such a particular moment, linked to the Sars-CoV2 pandemic, in which all health services are
put to the test with considerable sacrifices by doctors and health personnel to face an affair
painful affecting people of all ages, sexes, social strata, but above all people
frail elderly ”, the San Marino Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics considers“ important operational indications for the future and to review a more efficient healthcare and assistance organization, also starting with specific training courses for medical and health personnel “.
“We already have, ten years ago, with the foundation of the San Marino Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics and the planning of a Master in Geriatric Medicine at presidency of Giancarlo Ghironzi, to which today the Master is entitled – declares Asgg herself -. All this, thanks to directed by Giovanni Zuliani of the University of Ferrara and to the involvement of eminent professors of the most prestigious Italian universities, teachers of these prestigious results the Master has brought internationally. We hope that it is a concrete example to act as a stimulus to the institutions in charge of favor and define pathways for health care for the most vulnerable people: the elderly. A small reality like our Republic of San Marino, rich in its experience in social and health policies, can go back to being a model of hospital / territory organization “.
Finally, the San Marino Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics “thanks all those who have shown a real contribution to its initiatives in particular, the San Marino public institutions, the Mutual Aid Union Society and also the private supporters”.