The elder project: Educational model and three-year outcomes of a community-based geriatric education initiative

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-181

  Lange, Jean W ^a   Mager, Diana ^a   Greiner, Philip A ^b,c   Saracino, Katherine ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Faculty Development in Scholarship and Teaching   (United States)

^c PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency champion; Best practices in geriatric care; Older adults; Simulation; Staff development; Underserved populations; Worksite education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY CARE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NURSING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RHODE ISLAND; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956305752     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701960.2011.572056     Document Type: Article

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