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An Experiential Aged Care Module for First-Year Undergraduate Medical Students
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Alex, Deepa; Kumari, Yatinesh; Kadirvelu, Amudha – Education Sciences, 2021
A rapid demographic transition to aging populations is imminent over the next decade, especially in Southeast Asian countries. An aging population presents a host of medical challenges, such as multimorbidity; chronic illnesses; and geriatric syndromes, such as frailty, falls, dementia, and incontinence. In order to tackle such issues efficiently,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Learning Modules
Involving Older People in the Design, Development, and Delivery of an Innovative Module on Aging for Undergraduate Students
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Tullo, Ellen; Greaves, Laura; Wakeling, Luisa – Educational Gerontology, 2016
As the number of older people in society increases, gaining an awareness of the needs of an aging population is important for university students from all academic backgrounds. Using a multidisciplinary approach to aging, we developed a new teaching module (NU-AGE [Newcastle University Aging Generations Education]) aimed at students enrolled in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aging (Individuals), Gerontology, Older Adults
Conceptualizing an M-Learning System for Seniors
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Teine, Matthias; Beutner, Marc – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
In accelerating fast changing knowledge-based and information societies such like the European Union technology dominates most facets of our everyday lives, and learning activities as well. Unfortunately, particularly seniors and elderly people suffer the risk to be left behind, and that the digital divide becomes bigger. This is problematic…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Older Adults, Adult Learning, Instructional Design
Assessing and Managing Caregiver Stress: Development of a Teaching Tool for Medical Residents
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Famakinwa, Abisola; Fabiny, Anne – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2008
Forty medical residents from major teaching hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts, participated in small group teaching sessions about caregiver stress. A teaching tool was developed that included a teaching handout, interactive cases, standard instruments for assessing caregiver stress, peer-reviewed articles about caregiving, and a list of…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Caregivers, Medical Students, Stress Management
Effectiveness of Mailing "Bathing without a Battle" to All US Nursing Homes
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Calleson, Diane C.; Sloane, Philip D.; Cohen, Lauren W. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2006
An educational CD-ROM/video program was developed to educate nursing home staff about two research-based techniques for reducing agitation and aggression during bathing of persons with Alzheimer's disease, including person-centered showering and the towel bath. This educational program was distributed free of charge to all 15,453 US nursing homes…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Continuing Education, Nursing Homes, Hospices (Terminal Care)
Ethnogeriatric Education: A Collaborative Project of Geriatric Education Centers
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Severance, Janet S.; Yeo, Gwen – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2006
Geriatric Education Center (GEC) faculty and staff are committed to teaching health professionals about the impact of culture on the health and health care of elders from ethnically diverse backgrounds. Ethnogeriatrics was highlighted as an important issue in the National Agenda for Geriatric Education during the 1990s. Between 1999 and 2001, the…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Allied Health Occupations Education, Continuing Education, Geriatrics