Responsible AI and older people: what geriatric medicine must add
On site
Online
Information
Event
Date
Tuesday, February 16, 2027
Time
08:00 – 08:45
Duration
45 min
Credits
1 CME credit (pending approval)
Language
English
Objectives
Explain geriatric factors that shape safe and equitable AI use in older adults.
Assess bias, frailty, and multimorbidity in AI applications for older populations.
Apply geriatric principles to evaluate AI ethics, validity, and clinical relevance.
Access
Provider
Klinik Barmelweid
On site
Online
As a webinar on geriatrics-update.com. You’ll receive the access link by email in advance or directly on this page.
Speaker
Prof. Simon Mooijaart,
Internist Geriatrician, Leiden University Medical Center
Simon P. Mooijaart, MD, PhD, is full professor of Medicine and chair of Gerontology and Geriatrics at the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. His mission is appropriate care for older patients in the hospital and his research spans the settings where that care is decided: emergency care, oncology, and kidney disease. He has initiated and led several national multicenter studies in older patients, most notably the Acutely Presenting Older Patient (APOP) study, a prospective multicenter cohort that followed 2,700 older people from the moment they arrived at the emergency department, showing how frequently an acute presentation is followed by death or permanent loss of independence, and which patients carry that risk. From this cohort his team developed and validated the APOP screener: a brief risk assessment completed in minutes at arrival, identifying older patients at high risk of functional decline and mortality while there is still time to act. It is now implemented in the emergency departments of most Dutch hospitals. His current work brings generative artificial intelligence into geriatric care: an AI conversational agent NadinaHealth that older patients talk with at home, so their own goals and preferences reach the clinical conversation before they do. He publishes on machine learning in geriatric care, leads a living systematic review of AI chatbots for older people, and recently co-authored a Lancet review on making clinical trials relevant for older patients. His conviction: the future of geriatrics is technology that gives older patients the loudest voice in the room.
Dear colleagues,
dear friends and supporters of geriatric medicine,
It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the continuation of our Geriatrics Seminar Series. With the 2026 annual program, we once again set new standards – scientifically, didactically, and in terms of content – while continuing our mission to further develop geriatrics as an academically grounded, interdisciplinary, and forward-looking field. Geriatrics operates at the intersection of medicine, technology, and society – and it is precisely here that we aim to build bridges, connecting clinical excellence, research, and education. Geriatrics exemplifies the medicine of the future: complex, interconnected, and profoundly human.
With international participation, innovative formats, and a clear scientific focus, we are creating a space for reflection, exchange, and progress. A major milestone is the new interactive platform geriatrics-update.com – a digital knowledge network that links continuing education, research, and clinical practice. It enables direct dialogue between clinical care, science, and society, and is unique in its form in Switzerland.
The 2026 program reflects the breadth and depth of modern geriatric medicine: from longevity and muscle health to delirium management, digitalization and artificial intelligence, geriatric oncology, empathy, and ethical leadership. These topics mirror the evolution of a discipline that extends far beyond daily clinical work, touching on fundamental questions of quality of life, meaning, and sustainability.
Our aspiration remains unchanged: We combine scientific excellence with compassionate care – and actively shape the future of healthy aging. My heartfelt thanks go to all speakers and participants whose expertise and enthusiasm make the Barmelweid Geriatrics Seminar Series recognized far beyond Switzerland’s borders as a place of learning, encounter, and innovation.
Yours sincerely,
PD Dr. med. Mathias Schlögl,
Chefarzt Geriatrie, Klinik Barmelweid
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