Honegger, M. https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6856-0197
Lindner-Rabl, S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7794-3117
Ogliari, G.
Soraci, L. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0171-3358
Pertinatsch, Ch. https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2387-6325
Polidori, M. C.
Roller-Wirnsberger, R. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1273-6520
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical University of Graz
Article History
Received: 29 June 2026
Accepted: 17 August 2026
First Online: 7 September 2026
Declarations
Conflict of interest: M. Honegger, S. Lindner-Rabl, G. Ogliari, L. Soraci, C. Pertinatsch, M.C. Polidori and R. Roller-Wirnsberger declare that they have no competing interests. All authors are members of the PROGRAMMING COST Action 21122 and some have received financial reimbursement for participation to meetings related to PROGRAMMING activities.
: PROGRAMMING COST Action 21122 was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and ethical approval was obtained. The study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Ethics approval was obtained in the countries where local regulations necessitated review by an ethics committee, as previously detailed (Ogliari G, Masud T, Herghelegiu AM, et al. Educational Needs in Geriatric Medicine Among Health Care Professionals and Medical Students in COST Action 21122 PROGRAMMING: Mixed-Methods Survey Protocol. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025;14:e64985. Published 2025 Jun 3. ) Informed consent was electronically obtained by each participant at the beginning of the survey. Participants were informed of the EuGMS privacy policy in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR; EU 2016/679).