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Little is known about elder abuse training in post-graduate medical education in the United Kingdom. A questionnaire survey was conducted among Specialist Registrars (SpRs) in Geriatric Medicine attending a single training day within five UK Post-graduate Deaneries to assess self-report experience of elder abuse training during their post-graduate medical education. The questionnaire included quantity, quality and self-report confidence in dealing with elder abuse issues. A total of 112 questionnaires were returned (response rate 100%, representing 78.9% of eligible trainees within these five deaneries). The majority of the participants rated low scores for both quantity and quality of training they received. This finding was consistent across all 5 years of training with no significant difference in rating scores in more experienced (years 3–5) SpRs. The majority (62.5%) of final year SpRs reported feeling …