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Hesselink, Gijs; Sir, Özcan; Öztürk, Ekin; Heiwegen, Nikki; Olde Rikkert, Marcel; Schoon, Yvonne – Health Education Research, 2020
Emergency physicians (EPs) often regard care for older adults as complex, while they lack sufficient geriatric skills. This study evaluates the effect of a geriatric education program on EPs' geriatric knowledge, attitude and medical practice when treating older adults. A mixed-methods study was performed on EPs from two Dutch hospitals. Effects…
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Older Adults, Physicians, Medical Education
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Kuba, Ruchika – Journal of Learning for Development, 2021
COVID-19 provided an opportunity to experiment with alternative delivery mechanisms for a medical education programme offered through open and distance learning with face-to-face training as an essential component of the programme. Non-availability of hard copies of the course material (92%) and lack of communication from the university (32%) as…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Online Courses, Distance Education, Graduate Medical Education
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Ford, Channing R.; Sawyer, Patricia; Brown, Cynthia J. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
Continuing education (CE) provides community healthcare practitioners an opportunity to develop and maintain competence after their initial training is complete. With increasing clinical demands and limited resources for practicing community providers, the need for easily accessible, high-quality continuing education is in growing demand. Also,…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Geriatrics, Web Based Instruction, Rural Areas