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Nicole, Madelyn; Fairbrother, Michele; Nagarajan, Srivalli Vilapakkam; Blackford, Julia; Sheepway, Lyndal; Penman, Merrolee; McAllister, Lindy – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2015
Through a collaborative university-hospital partnership, a student-led service model (SLS-model) was implemented to increase student placement capacity within a physiotherapy department of a 150 bed Sydney hospital. This study investigates the perceived barriers and enablers to increasing student placement capacity through student-led services…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Service Learning, Work Experience Programs
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Koder, Deborah-Anne; Klahr, Amanda – Educational Gerontology, 2010
The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is one of the most commonly used instruments to screen for cognitive deficits within the hospital setting. However training in how to administer this widely used tool is scarce with little, if any, formal training for nursing staff. Scores are also often misused with over reliance on results and cut-offs to…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Nurses, Dementia, Knowledge Level
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Beer, Christopher; Watson, Natasha; Caputo, Lisa; Hird, Kathryn; Flicker, Leon – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2011
Medical graduates require positive attitudes toward older people with cognitive impairment, in addition to knowledge and skills in the diagnosis and management of dementia. The Student Training Project in Dementia (STriDE) project was conducted to ensure that these needs are met through curricula in Western Australian medical schools. Two medical…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, Dementia, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries