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Direct linkNegad, Cirila D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The progressive growth of geriatric facilities as valuable element of the health care system signified for increased services from health care workers particularly Registered Nurses (RNs). A major health care concern could be perceived due to the inadequate number of RNs providing care to elderly patients. Most studies centered on insufficiency of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Nurses, Specialization, Geriatrics
Boling, Peter A.; Willett, Rita M.; Gentili, Angela; Abbey, Linda J.; Lawson, Sonya R.; Schlesinger, Jeanne B.; Meyers, Elizabeth M. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2008
Virginia Commonwealth University developed an enhanced medical student geriattic curriculum that includes required home visits and nursing home visits for second year students (180 per year), an annual Forum on Aging for all first and second year students, and small group exercises. We added 30 hours of basic science material to pre-clinical…
Descriptors: Nursing Homes, Health Facilities, Medical Students, Home Visits
Cotter, J. James; Welleford, E. Ayn; Drain, Cecil B. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2008
This article describes recent trends that have led to an emphasis on a learner-centered approach to gerontology and geriatrics education especially in distance-based education. A learner-centered approach to education has combined with technological advances to stimulate distance-enhanced education for students in geriatric and gerontology…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Gerontology, Health Personnel, Online Courses
Download full textSheppard, N. Alan; Valla, Dianne C. – 1974
The purpose of this study is four-fold. First, to determine the current status of program offerings for the aging in selected institutions of higher education. Second, to ascertain if any programs designed to train personnel to work with the aging are currently being offered. Third, to determine what plans for future programs were being made by…
Descriptors: Colleges, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Attitudes
Peer reviewedPerez, E. David; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
A survey of 1,139 Virginia family practitioners and internal medicine specialists investigated interest in pursuing geriatric education, including such factors as preferred form of education, preferred topics, intent to take the geriatric medicine qualifying examination, geriatric care provided, home visits, prior participation in geriatrics…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Certification, Family Practice (Medicine), Federal Programs
Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA. Dept. of Industrial Arts Education. – 1980
This final report contains a three-page narrative and extensive appendixes, including correspondence, surveys, field test evaluation and guide, and the Competency-Based Curriculum Guide for Practical Nursing Education in Virginia developed by the project. The over 200-page curriculum guide presents a suggested master curriculum for a twelve or…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Anatomy, Behavioral Objectives, Careers
