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Direct linkPandya, 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
Download full textKumar, 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
Hash, Kristina M.; Poole, Jay; Floyd, Melissa; Moore, Crystal Dea; Rogers, Anissa T.; Tower, Leslie E. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2017
The BSW Experiential Learning (BEL) Program aims to infuse intergenerational content into the curriculum and recruit students to the field of social work by implementing face-to-face learning opportunities with older adults. This article discusses and compares the experiences of 4 diverse BEL projects that implemented gero-experiential learning…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Experiential Learning, Social Work, Counselor Training
Jung, Seung Eun; Hermann, Janice; Parker, Stephany; Smith, Brenda J. – Journal of Extension, 2015
The Journey Through Health educational display was developed using the Health Belief Model and provided information on how the Dietary Guidelines Consumer Brochure messages can positively influence nutrition and physical activity choices to prevent or delay age-related changes throughout the body. The display consisted of 12 posters, educational…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Program Development, Health Education, Health Promotion
Maschi, Tina; MacMillan, Thalia; Pardasani, Manoj; Lee, Ji Seon; Moreno, Claudia – Educational Gerontology, 2012
The purpose of this study was to evaluate an experiential learning project with BSW students to see if their perceptions of older adults have changed. The project consisted of an oral history project and presentation that matched BSW students with older adults from diverse ethnic backgrounds to gather their immigration narratives. The study used a…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Student Attitudes, Geriatrics, Oral History
Basran, Jenny F. S.; Dal Bello-Haas, Vanina; Walker, Doreen; MacLeod, Peggy; Allen, Bev; D'Eon, Marcel; McKague, Meredith; Chopin, Nicola S.; Trinder, Krista – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2012
The University of Saskatchewan's Longitudinal Elderly Person Shadowing (LEPS) is an interprofessional senior mentors program (SMP) where teams of undergraduate students in their first year of medicine, pharmacy, and physiotherapy; 2nd year of nutrition; 3rd year nursing; and 4th year social work partner with community-dwelling older adults.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mentors, Older Adults, Semantic Differential
Meuser, Thomas M.; Carr, David B.; Irmiter, Cheryl; Schwartzberg, Joanne G.; Ulfarsson, Gudmundur F. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2010
Few gerontology and geriatrics professionals receive training in driver fitness evaluation, state reporting of unfit drivers, or transportation mobility planning yet are often asked to address these concerns in the provision of care to older adults. The American Medical Association (AMA) developed an evidence-based, multi-media Curriculum to…
Descriptors: Transportation, Physicians, Gerontology, Pretests Posttests
Ntiri, Daphne W.; Stewart, Merry – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2009
This study evaluated the effect of a transformative learning (TL) intervention on functional health literacy and diabetes knowledge in older African Americans. Twenty participants from senior community centers completed a six-session intervention. The short-form Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (s-TOFHLA), Literacy Assessment for…
Descriptors: Intervention, Diabetes, Transformative Learning, Community Centers
Fitzgerald, Margaret A.; Chromy, Barbara; Philbrick, Candace A.; Sanders, Gregory F.; Muske, Kara L.; Bratteli, Marlys – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2009
A training curriculum on mental health and aging was developed and disseminated to 32 natural caregivers throughout a frontier state using a train-the-trainer model. Those certified as trainers included social workers, religious professionals, volunteers, long-term care employees, nurses, home health workers, and professional and informal…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Aging Education, Caregivers, Mental Health
Morano, Carmen L.; Bravo, Marina – Gerontologist, 2002
Purpose: More than 14 million persons are projected to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD) by the year 2020; therefore, it is not surprising that the literature contains numerous caregiver intervention studies. What is surprising is that although minority elders represent one of the fastest growing segments of the older population, they are…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Intervention, Alzheimers Disease, Coping
Ruiz, Jorge G.; Smith, Michael; van Zuilen, Maria H.; Williams, Christine; Mintzer, Michael J. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine whether training with a multimedia tutorial would have an impact on LPN students' knowledge of dementia care, attitudes toward dementia care, and self-efficacy ratings. A total of 38 nursing students participated. Pre-post comparisons of outcome measures revealed significant improvements in knowledge,…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Residential Care, Nursing Students, Self Efficacy
Yeo, Gwen; Tully, Donna – 1987
This manual is intended to acquaint the faculty of physician assistant (PA) training programs with a model geriatric clerkship and to assist them in the process in implementing a similar clerkship. A detailed outline of the curriculum goals of a geriatric clerkship is included. The next section contains curriculum units on the following topics:…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Behavioral Objectives, Clinical Experience, Communication Skills
