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Direct linkGellis, Zvi D.; Gregory, Christin; LaMarra, Denise; Radway, Janice; Cao, Hannah; Connors, Sophia; Delgado, Jennifer; Sloan, Kelli; Trovati, Joslyn – Journal of Social Work Education, 2023
Nationally, social work students face limited access to clinical education that examines the intersection of older adults, chronic disease, and mental health. This is critical due to a rapidly aging population and a shortage of geriatrics trained social workers. Scant data exists on the effectiveness of clinical simulations to prepare social work…
Descriptors: Social Work, Caseworkers, Older Adults, Chronic Illness
Tewary, Sweta; Altaf, Rida; Pandya, Naushira; Luis, Melinda; Masri, Hady; Emmadi, Sravya – Educational Gerontology, 2021
The need for improved competency in the health care and caregiving workforce is shaped by several factors. These include demographic shifts, a shortage of trained geriatricians, lack of primary health-care providers with adequate training in geriatrics, and persisting unmet needs reflected by poor health status indicators of older Floridians.…
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Medical Education, Graduate Students, Medical Students
Auais, Mohammad; Cameron, Julie; Turnnidge, Jennifer; Dalgarno, Nancy; Kolomitro, Klodiana; Pelland, Lucie – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: To describe the creation of an educational podcast with 'living cases' of older adults to support students' learning on a gerontology course and report on students' evaluation of the project. Setting: Gerontology course in a graduate programme. Method: We developed a podcast series based on interviews with older adults in the community…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Gerontology
Washington, Erin; Shaw, Carrie – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 2019
Embodied Labs works at the intersection of virtual reality storytelling and healthcare workforce training to create experiences where trainees learn from embodying the perspective of the patient and members of the patient's care team. Ninety-four second-year medical students were selected to pilot a virtual reality (VR) geriatric immersion prior…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Empathy
Park, Juyoung; Hawkins, Michele; Hamlin, Elwood; Hawkins, Wesley; Bamdas, Jo Ann M. – Educational Gerontology, 2014
This study examined whether attitudes toward interprofessional collaboration (Physician-Nurse, Physician-Social Worker, Nurse-Social Worker) held by medical, social work, and nursing students changed after completing an interprofessional curriculum consisting of (a) Interprofessional Education Development Session and (b) the Senior Aging and…
Descriptors: Positive Attitudes, Interprofessional Relationship, Geriatrics, Aging Education
Shade, Stacy Deck; Barber, Gerard M. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2004
Online technology is increasingly being used as a tool for delivery of continuing education to health care professionals. This paper discusses key lessons learned in developing a distance-learning program. It provides practical information on ways to enhance interactivity and overcome obstacles. Preliminary outcomes for learners in a four-state…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Program Development, Program Effectiveness
Corwin, Sara J.; Frahm, Kathryn; Ochs, Leslie A.; Rheaume, Carol E.; Roberts, Ellen; Eleazer, G. Paul – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2006
In 2000, the Senior Mentor Program was implemented as an innovative, instructional method in the University of South Carolina's medical school curriculum designed to enhance and strengthen student training in geriatrics. This study qualitatively analyzed second-year medical students' and senior participants' perceptions of and attitudes towards…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Mentors, Altruism
