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Weinreich, Donna M. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2008
Student- or learner-centered teaching has an historical context--it is old and new. This article traces the path that has brought us full circle to once again concentrating on student learning instead of teacher teaching--from the era of learning being restricted to the wealthy and privileged, to today where learning institutions are inclusive.…
Descriptors: Practicums, Gerontology, Geriatrics, Student Centered Curriculum
Tanabe, Marianne K. G. – Educational Gerontology, 2007
With the aging and diversifying of the elder population in the United States, there is a pressing need for an organized and effective curriculum in cultural competence. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requires that the curriculum for Geriatric Medicine Fellowship training include cultural competency training.…
Descriptors: Graduate Medical Education, Geriatrics, Fellowships, Curriculum Development
Rowan, Noell L.; Gillette, Patricia D.; Faul, Anna C.; Yankeelov, Pamela A.; Borders, Kevin W.; Deck, Stacy; Nicholas, Lori D.; Wiegand, Mark – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2009
With focus on interdisciplinary education models, social work and physical therapy faculty from two proximate universities partnered to create an evidence-based geriatric assessment and brief intervention research, training, and service project for community-dwelling older adults. Assessment tools and interventions were selected from the…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Geriatrics, Physical Therapy, Social Work
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
Freund, Barbara; Petrakos, Davithoula – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2008
We developed driving restrictions that are linked to specific driving errors, allowing cognitively impaired individuals to continue to independently meet mobility needs while minimizing risk to themselves and others. The purpose of this project was to evaluate the efficacy and duration expectancy of these restrictions in promoting safe continued…
Descriptors: Traffic Safety, Safety Education, Gerontology, Geriatrics
Chiang, Karl S.; Green, Kathy E.; Cox, Enid O. – Gerontologist, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine scale dimensionality, reliability, invariance, targeting, continuity, cutoff scores, and diagnostic use of the Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form (GDS-SF) over time with a sample of 177 English-speaking U.S. elders. Design and Methods: An item response theory, Rasch analysis, was conducted with…
Descriptors: Intervention, Geriatrics, Measures (Individuals), Depression (Psychology)
Woolsey, Lisa J. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2007
This study evaluated the attitudes of physician assistant students (PAS) and practicing physician assistants (PA) toward geriatric patients and the expressed intent of PAS and practicing PAs toward practicing in the specialized field of geriatric medicine using a cross-sectional study design. The 233 participants each completed a questionnaire…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Student Attitudes, Older Adults, Occupational Aspiration
Goodson, Justin; Jang, Wooseung; Rantz, Marilyn – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this research is twofold. The first purpose is to utilize a new methodology (Bayesian networks) for aggregating various quality indicators to measure the overall quality of care in nursing homes. The second is to provide new insight into the relationships that exist among various measures of quality and how such measures…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Nursing Homes, Measurement Techniques, Evaluation Methods
Iwasaki, Michiko; Jones, James A. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2008
Two studies were conducted to reexamine the psychometric properties of two major scales measuring attitudes toward older adults. The Kogan Attitudes Toward Old People Scale (Kogan OP Scale; Kogan, 1961b) was administered to a sample of 512 college students in Study One. The refined version (Polizzi & Millikin, 2002) of the Aging Semantic…
Descriptors: Semantics, Autism, Factor Structure, Older Adults
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
Muangpaisan, Weerasak; Intalapapron, Somboon; Assantachai, Prasert – Educational Gerontology, 2008
The research reported in this article examined attitudes toward the care of the elderly between and among medical students and residents in training. Data were collected with a 16-item attitude questionnaire. Participants were medical students in their introduction period (prior to clinical experience) and residents of the Department of Internal…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Internal Medicine, Older Adults, Clinical Experience
Nguyen, Giang T.; Wittink, Marsha N.; Murray, Genevra F.; Barg, Frances K. – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: Older adults watch more television than younger people do. Television's role in mental health has been described in the general population, but less is known about how older adults think of television in the context of depression. Design and Methods: Using a semistructured interview created to help clinicians understand how older adults…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Television Viewing, Older Adults, Patients
Rull, Gary; Rosher, Richard B.; Robinson, Sherry; McCann-Stone, Nancy – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2008
The critical need for physicians to become entrenched in the issues of older drivers and public safety is the focus of a training initiative developed as a component of an innovative geriatrics curriculum, Aging (Couple) Across the Curriculum. As the number of aging drivers in the United States rises, physicians can play an important role in…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Physicians, Geriatrics, Driver Education
McCaslin, Rosemary; Barnstable, Cherie Lynn – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2008
Since their inception, social work education programs have operated in partnership with community agencies, as both field sites and foci for research. However, surprisingly little has been written on models of university/community partnerships in social work or the role of agencies in shaping curricula. This study analyzed the outcome reports of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Work Study Programs, Geriatrics, Public Agencies