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Peer reviewedWood, Joan B.; Parham, Iris A. – Educational Gerontology, 1996
From 1985-1992 the Virginia Geriatric Education Center broadcast via satellite 22 videoconferences involving over 22,000 health professionals in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda. The program required substantial marketing to attract sufficiently large audiences to be cost effective, was labor intensive, and necessitated technical expertise.…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Distance Education, Faculty Development, Geriatrics
Peer reviewedWood, Joan B.; Parham, Iris A. – Educational Gerontology, 1996
The first four years of a summer faculty development program were evaluated through participant surveys, quarterly trainee logs, and reports of participant projects. The program received consistently high ratings; number of courses with gerontology/geriatrics content increased; and trainees went on to train peers, students, and laypersons. (SK)
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Geriatrics, Interdisciplinary Approach, Program Evaluation
