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Deichen Hansen, Megan; Holland, Margaret M.; Munn, Jean – Journal of Social Work Education, 2020
Interprofessional health-care models have been largely recognized as a critical component of effective and efficient health-care provision. While many health professions have established methods of exposing their students to interprofessional health models, social work has been slow to join in on this educational movement. In an effort to provide…
Descriptors: Social Work, Professional Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Nursing Education
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Heijnen-Kohl, S. M. J.; Kok, R. M.; Wilting, R. M. H. J.; Rossi, G.; van Alphen, S. S. J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are difficult to detect in old age. This study examined if ASD symptoms in older adults (age > 60) can be detected with the Dutch informant personality questionnaire, (Hetero-Anamnestische Persoonlijkheidsvragenlijst, HAP) in a mental health setting. Patients with ASD (N = 40) were compared to patients with a…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Psychiatry
Negad, 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
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Bidyuk, Natalya; Oleskova, Halyna – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2018
This article deals with the study of current status and prospects for development of nursing professions in Germany. It outlines the classification of "Healthcare Professions" and "Healthcare and Nursing Professions", which are also identified with "Nursing Professions". Besides, such concepts as "nursing",…
Descriptors: Nursing, Foreign Countries, Classification, Employment Qualifications
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Nguyen, An Thi; Burnside, Sharon; Junge, Kristin; Somerville, Emily Kling; Keglovits, Marian; Stark, Susan Lynn – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Community advisory boards (CABs) have been used to improve research outcomes involving specific communities and populations, including older adults. There is potential to synergize the use of CABs to encompass both research activities and the education of healthcare professionals to help meet increasing demands for a geriatric healthcare workforce…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Advisory Committees, Older Adults, Health Personnel
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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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Ramkissoon, Ishara; Buchanan, Kathryn R. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2018
Health care professionals including physicians, nurses, and audiologists are charged with providing comprehensive geriatric care for millions of aging adults. As baby boomers mature, prevalence of age-related hearing loss (ARHL) among adults aged 45+ years has risen from 30% to 50%. New findings have emerged regarding risk factors affecting ARHL…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Educational Strategies, Aging (Individuals), Older Adults
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Ford, Channing R.; Sawyer, Patricia; Brown, Cynthia J. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
Continuing education (CE) provides community healthcare practitioners an opportunity to develop and maintain competence after their initial training is complete. With increasing clinical demands and limited resources for practicing community providers, the need for easily accessible, high-quality continuing education is in growing demand. Also,…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Geriatrics, Web Based Instruction, Rural Areas
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Kumar, Chandrika; Bensadon, Benjamin A.; Van Ness, Peter H.; Cooney, Leo M. – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
Most geriatric care is provided in non-hospital settings. Internal Medicine and Family Medicine residents should therefore learn about these different clinical sites and acuity levels of care. To help facilitate this learning, a geriatrics training curriculum for internal medicine residents was developed that focused on cognition, function, goals…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Geriatrics, Hospitals, Medical Education
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Washington, Erin; Shaw, Carrie – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 2019
Embodied Labs works at the intersection of virtual reality storytelling and healthcare workforce training to create experiences where trainees learn from embodying the perspective of the patient and members of the patient's care team. Ninety-four second-year medical students were selected to pilot a virtual reality (VR) geriatric immersion prior…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Empathy
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Pascoe, Ashleigh; Breen, Lauren J.; Cocks, Naomi – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: Speech pathologists have a pivotal role in palliative care, assisting patients with swallowing and communication disorders, yet very little is known about the preparedness of speech pathologists to work in this field. Aims: To investigate the preparedness of speech pathologists for working in palliative care. The term 'palliative care'…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Questionnaires, Online Surveys, Statistical Analysis
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Shah, Avani; Wharton, Tracy; Scogin, Forrest – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2017
Professional shortages of geriatrically trained social workers pose a barrier to mental health care for older adults. Integrating graduate social work interns into primary care settings may increase the availability of trained social workers. However, few studies provide guidance on how to develop an interprofessional healthcare placement focused…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Work, Counselor Training, Older Adults
Bassell, Kellie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of using digital storytelling as an end of rotation assignment, in a long-term care setting, for pre-licensure nursing students as a means to demonstrate an understanding of the Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors (ACES) framework. The research sought to explore the relationship between…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Story Telling, Nursing Students, Geriatrics
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Whitney, Simon N. – Research Ethics, 2016
Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and their federal overseers protect human subjects, but this vital work is often dysfunctional despite their conscientious efforts. A cardinal, but unrecognized, explanation is that IRBs are performing a specific function -- the management of risk -- using a flawed theoretical and practical approach. At the time…
Descriptors: Risk Management, Advisory Committees, Research Administration, Governance
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Shebl, Amany Mohamed; Hatata, El Sayed Zaki; Boughdady, Aziza Mahmoud; El-Sayed, Sally Mohammed – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Obesity is a major public health problem affecting all ages in both developed and developing countries. It is considered the fifth leading risk factor for deaths all over the world as about 2.8 million people die due to obesity each year directly or indirectly. Obesity in elderly is considered one of the most serious public health challenges for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Obesity, Older Adults, Incidence
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