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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 linkHirth, Victor A.; Hajjar, Ihab – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2004
Despite the growth in the elderly population, physicians with special geriatric training and certification number only 9,000 out of 650,000 doctors in the United States. The flexibility and increasing availability of the Internet makes it an ideal avenue for addressing the educational needs of health care providers to improve the health and care…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Content Analysis, Internet, Professional Continuing Education
