The Malaysian Society of Geriatric Medicine's Eight Strategic Pillars for Development of Geriatrics Services in Malaysia.
Pillar 1
Growth in Number of GeriatriciansIncrease number of geriatricians each year by a factor of 0.2.
Pillar 2
Geriatrics-trained Allied HealthDevelop multidisciplinary teams skilled in the care of older persons.
Pillar 3
Geriatrics Liaison ServicesDevelop liaison services in orthopedics, perioperative assessments and oncogeriatrics.
Pillar 4
Specialists with Special Interest in GeriatricsCollaborate with other specialties and medical subspecialties to develop specialists with special interest in geriatric medicine.
Pillar 5
Community Geriatrics ServicesEnhance community based services to develop a care continuum.
Pillar 6
Undergraduate Geriatrics CurriculaLobby for inclusion of geriatrics curricula in all undergraduate courses of healthcare professionals.
Pillar 7
Cognitive and Comprehensive Geriatric AssessmentsEnforce the need for cognitive assessments and comprehensive geriatrics assessments for all older patients.
Pillar 8
Bridge the Social-Health DivideWork jointly with welfare services to bridge the social-health divide.
To support the eight pillars for expansion of geriatrics services in Malaysia, the Malaysian Society of Geriatric Medicine also recommends Six Global Strategies (GS) as cross-cutting measures.
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GS1
To upskill geriatrics workforce in leadership, management and service development.
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GS2
To conduct dialogues with policy makers, affiliated societies and other stakeholders to streamline our objectives and strategies.
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GS3
To boost the membership of MSGM through special interest groups.
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GS4
To develop toolkits to aid and speed up the development of services and implementation of position statements/guidelines.
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GS5
To ensure inclusiveness of all ethnic groups, with specific attention to our indigenous population.
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GS6
To support, generate and implement research throughout all our programs.
The MSGM has produced its strategic planning which will hopefully lead us towards comprehensive geriatrics services led by 350 geriatricians by 2030. For a copy of this report, please download either the slide or document version below.
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