[The state and models of specialisation in geriatrics in Europe and Hungary].

This article is based on a lecture held in the 1st Debrecen Days of Internal Medicine, in which the author summarizes the situation of specialisation in geriatrics in EU members and Hungary. There are significant differences between countries in this field. Not all EU member countries accept geriatrics as an independent specialty, but the education in graduate level is present uniquely. Geriatrics is accepted as a specialty from 2000 in Hungary and there are nearly 100 geriaters up till now. Higher and higher percentage of european population is in age over 65 years, so the importance of education of geriatrics is a great demand in the near future.