ERIC Number: EJ973604
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 22
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The Longitudinal Elderly Person Shadowing Program: Outcomes from an Interprofessional Senior Partner Mentoring Program
Basran, Jenny F. S.; Dal Bello-Haas, Vanina; Walker, Doreen; MacLeod, Peggy; Allen, Bev; D'Eon, Marcel; McKague, Meredith; Chopin, Nicola S.; Trinder, Krista
Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, v33 n3 p302-323 2012
The University of Saskatchewan's Longitudinal Elderly Person Shadowing (LEPS) is an interprofessional senior mentors program (SMP) where teams of undergraduate students in their first year of medicine, pharmacy, and physiotherapy; 2nd year of nutrition; 3rd year nursing; and 4th year social work partner with community-dwelling older adults. Existing literature on SMPs provides little information on the sustainability of attitudinal changes toward older adults or changes in interprofessional attitudes. LEPS students completed Polizzi's Aging Semantic Differential and the Interdisciplinary Education Perception Scale. Perceptions of older men and women improved significantly and changes were sustained after one year. However, few changes were seen in interprofessional attitudes. (Contains 2 notes, 3 figures and 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mentors, Older Adults, Semantic Differential, Foreign Countries, Social Work, Interprofessional Relationship, Medical Education, Allied Health Occupations, Geriatrics, Aging (Individuals), Age Discrimination, Program Evaluation, Pretests Posttests, Mixed Methods Research, Surveys, Focus Groups, Likert Scales, Allied Health Occupations Education, Health Personnel
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Aging Semantic Differential
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