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Pandya, Samta P. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2022
This article reports the results of a study on the impact of an online meditation (OMP) program in building resilience and geriatric social work competencies among postgraduate social work students across contexts. The OMP was fairly effective (Cohen's d range=4.84-5.49, p[less than or equal to] 0.012), and students who participated in it…
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Training, Resilience (Psychology), Older Adults
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Clark, Merrell M. – Social Policy, 1976
Notes that among the urgent needs of Americans is the need to curtail the infernal, self-destructive bad news about American aging. (Author)
Descriptors: Age, Age Groups, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
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Blanchette, Patricia Lanoie; And Others – Generations, 1997
This issue includes 18 theme articles that examine clinical care, conditions, and practice as they relate to older adults. It contains articles on the following: men's and women's health, depression, dementia, hypertension, incontinence, bone pain, infections, preventive medicine, geriatric medicine, health care delivery, managed care, long-term…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Experience, Cultural Differences, Diseases
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Fitzpatrick, Camille; Musser, Anne; Mosqueda, Laura; Boker, John; Prislin, Michael – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2006
The Student Senior Partner Program (SSPP) forms the core of the required medical student geriatrics curriculum at the University of California-Irvine School of Medicine (UCISOM). The program utilizes a longitudinal modular format that extends over the first three years of medical school. Instruction is presented in didactic, patient interactive,…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Group Discussion, Medical Schools, Educational Objectives