The Malta Chamber of Psychologists (MCP) is organising a fourth forum on the theme of Geriatrics and Gerontology, as part of its popular series of fora on various topics.

This event is open to both MCP members, as well as non-members and the public in general.

The forum, which will be granting participants five CPD hours as well as a certificate of attendance, will be held on Friday, 22 November, between 3 and 6pm at the KSU Common Room at the University of Malta.

Both Geriatrics and Gerontology are in the same field focusing on older adults. However, Geriatrics focuses on the health of the aging body, while Gerontology is a field of study and practice that includes the physical, mental and social aspects of aging. Geriatrics is actually a subset of Gerontology since Gerontology takes a broader perspective.

The MCP forum will be discussing various aspects of Geriatrics and Gerontology. A number of speakers with a professional interest in this topic and the psychology behind it will be taking part. These include Dr Mohamed Salem, consultant geriatrician and board member of the Geriatric Medicine Society of Malta; Dr Tracy Lee Vidal, principal general practitioner within the Ministry for Health and Active Ageing's AACC Department; Mary Bella Borg, Parkinson's coach at the Step Up for Parkinson's Therapy Clinic; Yaser Teebi, clinical psychologist and gerontologist specialising in Geriatrics and Gerontology and PhD Dementia candidate at the University of Birmingham, as well as Dr Malcolm Vella, consultant neurologist, clinical neurophysiologist at Mater Dei Hospital and St James Hospital and the Clinical chairman for the Department of Neuroscience.

For more information on the forum and to register visit https://www.mcp.org.mt/product/mcp-forum-series-geriatrics-and-gerontology. The fee for MCP members is €25 and €30 for non-MCP members.

This is the fourth forum organised by the MCP, following the success of the first one held on Collective Trauma in May, the second on the Psychology of Corruption held in June and the Psychology of Addictions in September.

The main objective of the MCP is to act as a professional body for the discipline of psychology in Malta and as a representative body for psychologists practising in Malta. It also aims to advance the practice of psychology in Malta and to make psychology accessible to all.

The MCP prioritises the promotion of psychologists' and psychology graduates' general welfare. The Chamber serves as a common platform for psychologists and psychology graduates practising in the Maltese islands. As a registered union, the Chamber works hard towards the maintenance and improvement of psychologists' and psychology graduates' conditions of work.

For more information and to become a member visit https://www.mcp.org.mt/