Assessing the Efficacy of Didactic Modules in Educating Health Care Professionals in Interprofessional Geriatrics Care

Autor/inn/en	Tewary, Sweta; Altaf, Rida; Pandya, Naushira; Luis, Melinda; Masri, Hady; Emmadi, Sravya
Titel	Assessing the Efficacy of Didactic Modules in Educating Health Care Professionals in Interprofessional Geriatrics Care
Quelle	In: Educational Gerontology, 47 (2021) 10, S.463-469 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1277
DOI	10.1080/03601277.2021.1997198
Schlagwörter	Geriatrics; Medical Education; Graduate Students; Medical Students; Chronic Illness; Interdisciplinary Approach; Professional Education; Program Effectiveness; Diabetes; Dental Health; Heart Disorders; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alterswissenschaft; Geriatrie; Medizinische Ausbildung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Chronic disease; Chronische Krankheit; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Berufsausbildung; Zahnärztliche Versorgung; Herzkrankheit
Abstract	The need for improved competency in the health care and caregiving workforce is shaped by several factors. These include demographic shifts, a shortage of trained geriatricians, lack of primary health-care providers with adequate training in geriatrics, and persisting unmet needs reflected by poor health status indicators of older Floridians. Geriatric education to meet the evolving needs of older adults is critical for primary care professionals, residents, and students to meet the ongoing shortage of geriatricians. Nova Southeastern University South Florida Geriatric Workforce Education Program delivered didactic education to two health-care systems involved with geriatric patient care. Participants of the educational program were fellows, primary care residents, and students. The objective of the training program was to build competencies to ensure that all providers have the knowledge and skills to provide care for older adults with chronic illnesses using didactic education on diabetes, oral health, and heart failure. We collected Pre-Post data through REDCapTM, a mature, secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases. The results from the pre-post analysis indicate an increase in knowledge in all three geriatric modules. T-Test of Pre-Post education scores are significant for all three modules indicating a significant increase in knowledge with p < 0.05. Our study suggest that the educational intervention resulted in an improvement in the knowledge of the participants. Future studies should incorporate detailed knowledge assessments that suggesting an ongoing structured sustainable training program on geriatric issues. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01