Assessing students' learning needs and attitudes: Considerations for gerontology curriculum planning

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 39-56

  Koren, Mary Elaine ^a   Hertz, Judith ^a   Munroe, Donna ^a   Rossetti, Jeanette ^a   Robertson, Julie ^a   Plonczynski, Donna ^a   Berent, Georgine ^a   Ehrlich Jones, Linda ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward elderly persons; Gerontology education; Healthcare students; Learning needs assessment; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGING; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREJUDICE; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149265436     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701960801963029     Document Type: Article

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