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Direct linkGomez, Fernando; Curcio, Carmen Lucia – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2013
The underlying rationale to support interdisciplinary collaboration in geriatrics and gerontology is based on the complexity of elderly care. The most important characteristic about interdisciplinary health care teams for older people in Latin America is their subjective-basis framework. In other regions, teams are organized according to a…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Geriatrics, Foreign Countries, Educational Gerontology
Sebrant, Ulla – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2008
In a previous ethnographic study (Sebrant, 2000) a social constructionist view of how social identity is produced among professional groups in Swedish healthcare was developed. Looking at the workplace as an important environment for identity construction suggested that these processes were conditions for learning. The purpose of this paper is to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnography, Health Services, Geriatrics
Peer reviewedMellor, M. Joanna; Hyer, Kathryn; Howe, Judith L. – Educational Gerontology, 2002
Health care workers at eight sites were trained to serve on interdisciplinary geriatric care teams. Challenges included differing levels of experience and geriatric knowledge, discipline specific-language and practice philosophies, and scheduling conflicts. Techniques to overcome them included case studies, standardized patients, cross-discipline…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Geriatrics, Health Personnel, Inservice Education
Peer reviewedHolland, Beverley E.; And Others – Educational Gerontology, 1994
The LIFE SPAN geriatric interdisciplinary curriculum trains health occupations students in team dynamics, problem solving, assessment, and care planning to prepare them for interdisciplinary teams that provide holistic health care for older adults. (SK)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Experiential Learning, Geriatrics, Health Occupations
Howe, Judith L.; Sherman, Deborah Witt – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2006
Despite the increasing public demand for enhanced care of older patients and those with life-threatening illness, health professionals have had limited formal education in geriatrics and palliative care. Furthermore, formal education in interdisciplinary team training is limited. In order to remedy this situation, proactive interventions are being…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Terminal Illness, Team Training, Geriatrics
Peer reviewedShanks, Joyce Lakey – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1983
Describes how a staff counselor, relating to elderly patients in a private medical practice, can serve the interests of patients, families, physicians, and community agencies. The role of the counselor is outlined and the benefits of a team approach are discussed. (JAC)
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Counselor Role, Geriatrics, Gerontology
Peer reviewedPage, Ann E. K.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1988
A required eight-week rotation in ambulatory medicine at three clinics that included house calls by medical students is described. The students' evaluation of the curriculum provided information on the effectiveness to teaching strategies and the success of transmitting knowledge about the homebound elderly. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Family Practice (Medicine), Geriatrics
Download full textBrunner, Marjorie L., Ed.; Casto, R. Michael, Ed. – 1987
The following are among the 40 papers included in this proceedings: "Code of Ethics for Interdisciplinary Care" (Thomasma); "Training Model for Increasing Team Excellence and Efficiency" (Clayton, Lund); "Organizational Structures of Health Care Teams" (Farrell, Schmitt, Heinemann); "Nutrition Support Practice" (Johnson); "Dividing up the Work on…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Geriatrics, Health Services, Higher Education
