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Download full textAsante, Samuel; Karikari, Grace – International Education Studies, 2023
The rise in older population in Ghana is accompanied by challenges that may require trained professionals with specialized knowledge in geriatrics and gerontology to help address. Research, however, points to an existing shortage of geriatric-trained professionals in Ghana; a problem that can be addressed with the education and training of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Geriatrics
Direct linkPolitynska, Barbara; van Rijsselt, Rene J. T.; Lewko, Jolanta; Philp, Ian; Figueiredo, Daniella; De Sousa, Lilliana – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2012
Quality assurance (QA) in gerontological and geriatric education programs is regarded as essential to maintain standards, strengthen accountability, improve readability of qualifications, and facilitate professional mobility. In this article the authors present a summary of international developments in QA and elaborate four international trends,…
Descriptors: Nurses, Academic Education, Professional Training, Quality Control
Mezey, Mathy D.; Mitty, Ethel L.; Burger, Sarah Green – Gerontologist, 2008
To meet the special needs of and provide quality health care to nursing home residents, the health care workforce must be knowledgeable about the aging process. Health professionals are minimally prepared in their academic programs to care for older adults, and few programs have required rotations in geriatrics. Teaching nursing homes (TNHs) have…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Health Personnel, Older Adults, Geriatrics
Stewart, T. J.; Roberts, E.; Eleazer, P.; Boland, R.; Wieland, D. – Educational Gerontology, 2006
Results are reported from 2 common measures of medical student attitudes toward older adults: Maxwell-Sullivan Attitude Survey (MSAS); and UCLA Geriatrics Attitude Survey (GAS), with students entering the University of South Carolina School of Medicine (USCSM) in the period 2000--2005. A reliability analysis incorporating item means, Cronbach's…
Descriptors: Reliability, Validity, Affective Measures, Medical Students
Gilford, Rosalie; Frank, Janet C. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2006
Directors of California State University (CSU) gerontology, geriatrics, and aging studies (GGA) academic programs were surveyed regarding CSU capacity to fulfill demographic and legislative mandates to prepare professional personnel for work with the state's aging population. Program directors affirmed the importance of providing GGA education and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Geriatrics, Educational Gerontology, Aging Education
