Upskilling in Healthy Longevity Medicine and Its Association With Physicians’ Implementation Intent and Self-Reported Clinical Confidence: Cross-Sectional Observational Study
Accredited education in HLM is associated with enhanced confidence in HLM knowledge, increased clinical engagement with HLM practices, and a shift in aging-related care paradigms. These findings underscore the critical role of structured HLM curricula in bridging the translational gap between geroscience and everyday medical practice. Nevertheless, systemic health care barriers impede widespread implementation, warranting policy-level strategies to support health span-oriented education and care models.
Authors
- Carolina Hernandez
- Christine Yuan Huang
- Fernanda Calvo-Fortes
- Yoko Madea
- Evelyne Bischof
- Suwanna Suwannaphong
- Amit Goldman
- Alex Zhavoronkov
- Fabiano M. Serfaty
- James L. Kirkland
- Wanviput Sanphasitvong
- Ricardo Gaminha Pacheco
- Bhirau Wilaksono
- Dominika Wilczok
- Morten Scheibye-Knudsen
- Hidekazu Yamada
- Melissa Alexandre Fernandes
- Alexey Moskalev
- Dalila Čamdžić
- Andrea B. Maier
Institutions
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (BR)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US)
- Novartis (Switzerland) (CH)
- Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LT)
- Sarajevo School of Science and Technology (BA)
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- Duke University (US)
- Bumrungrad International Hospital (TH)
- Sheba Medical Center (IL)
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- E I L (China) (CN)
- Okayama Psychiatric Medical Center (JP)
- Insilicos (United States) (US)
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (ES)
- Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences (CN)
- Hai Kang Life (China) (CN)
- Science Oxford (GB)
- National University Health System (SG)
- Insilicogen (South Korea) (KR)
- Duke Kunshan University (CN)
- Russian Scientific Center of Surgery (RU)
- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
- State University of Makassar (ID)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Kindai University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Medical Education
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/83779
- Primary Topic
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00