{"title":"The feasibility and acceptability of a dementia care training program for registered dietitian nutritionists.","authors":"Joy W Douglas, Christine Ferguson, Beth Nolan","doi":"10.1080/02701960.2022.2105841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2022.2105841","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is a need for more Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) trained to provide nutritional care to older adults with dementia who experience mealtime difficulties. The purpose of this single-arm, pre/post pilot study was to adapt a generalized dementia care curriculum to the learning needs of RDNs who work with individuals with dementia and to determine the feasibility and acceptability of the adapted program. Using an existing evidence-based dementia care curriculum, the research team identified learning objectives and content pertinent to the scope of RDNs. The adapted program was piloted with RDNs who work with older adults with dementia. Twenty-five RDNs registered for the training while 80% (20) attended the training and completed the post-training survey. All participants agreed that the module met the learning needs of RDNs who work with older adults with dementia, the two-hour workshop was a good use of their time, and the experience and skills gained would be useful in their work as an RDN. Implementation costs totaled $1,310. Based on the post-training feedback, the adapted program was deemed feasible and acceptable by RDN participants, who also expressed interest in using the module to train other caregivers on providing mealtime assistance to older adults with dementia.</p>","PeriodicalId":46431,"journal":{"name":"GERONTOLOGY & GERIATRICS EDUCATION","volume":"44 2","pages":"196-210"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9389273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shelley B Bhattacharya, Dory Sabata, Heather Gibbs, Stephen Jernigan, Nicholas Marchello, Denise Zwahlen, Frances M Yang, Rajib K Bhattacharya, Crystal Burkhardt
{"title":"The SPEER: An interprofessional team behavior rubric to optimize geriatric clinical care.","authors":"Shelley B Bhattacharya, Dory Sabata, Heather Gibbs, Stephen Jernigan, Nicholas Marchello, Denise Zwahlen, Frances M Yang, Rajib K Bhattacharya, Crystal Burkhardt","doi":"10.1080/02701960.2021.2002854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2021.2002854","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Geriatric patients with complex health care needs can benefit from interprofessional (IP) care; however, a major gap in health professional education is determining how to prepare future providers for IP collaboration. Effective IP team behavior assessment tools are needed to teach, implement, and evaluate IP practice skills. After review of IP evaluation tools, the Standardized Patient Encounter Evaluation Rubric (SPEER) was created to evaluate team dynamics in IP practice sites.Independent sample t-tests between faculty and learner SPEER scores showed learners scored themselves 15 points higher than their faculty scores (<i>p</i> < .001). Cronbach's α showed high internal consistency (α = 0.91). Paired t-tests found that learners identified improvements in the team's ability to address the patient's education needs and to allow the patients to voice their expectations. Faculty identified improvements in the teams' ability to make recommendations. Faculty evaluations of learner teams showed improvements in raw ratings on all but two items. Qualitative data analysis for emergent themes showed learners desired team functioning feedback and how teamwork could improve to provide optimal IP care.In conclusion, the SPEER can help faculty and learners identify growth in their teams' ability to perform key IP skills in clinical sites.</p>","PeriodicalId":46431,"journal":{"name":"GERONTOLOGY & GERIATRICS EDUCATION","volume":"44 2","pages":"316-328"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9748738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liliana Barros Una, Sharon Brangman, Alyssa Indelicato, Alice Krueger, Ann Ludwig, Amy R Slutzky, Telisa Stewart, Lauren J Germain
{"title":"Using second life to teach health professions students about Alzheimer's Disease: A comprehensive review.","authors":"Liliana Barros Una, Sharon Brangman, Alyssa Indelicato, Alice Krueger, Ann Ludwig, Amy R Slutzky, Telisa Stewart, Lauren J Germain","doi":"10.1080/02701960.2021.2022660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2021.2022660","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Increased training is necessary to ensure that the next generation of health care professionals are prepared to effectively and compassionately serve patients with Alzheimer's Disease. Second Life® is a virtual world shown to provide a safe, convenient, and effective environment for teaching health-related content. To date, there has been no comprehensive review of studies using Second Life in education about Alzheimer's Disease. The authors conducted a scoping review of the literature on the use of Second Life in the education of medical, nursing, and health professions students about Alzheimer's Disease. Searches were conducted in PubMed, SCOPUS, and CINAHL. Thirty-two studies containing outcomes of the application of virtual reality and the virtual world Second Life were identified. Studies were classified using the Kirkpatrick Four-Level Training Evaluation Model. Changes in knowledge, attitudes, and confidence (Level 2), were most commonly reported, followed by positive reactions (Level 1). No studies identified system-level results and few examined changes in behavior. While results indicate positive student reactions and enhanced learning from Second Life interventions related to Alzheimer's Disease, they also highlight a need for future research examining outcomes at the higher Kirkpatrick levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":46431,"journal":{"name":"GERONTOLOGY & GERIATRICS EDUCATION","volume":"44 2","pages":"243-253"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9748744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The biography project: Student learning outcomes in aged care life narrative placements.","authors":"Catherine Dhavernas","doi":"10.1080/02701960.2021.2005038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2021.2005038","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Australia's Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has reported abuses, neglect and a level of systemic apathy and unwillingness to innovate across the nation's aged care sector. Isolation and loneliness stand out as the sector's two most pernicious problems which the current pandemic has only exacerbated. To attempt to ameliorate the situation, the author created a fieldwork intervention that puts undergraduate students into aged care facilities to work with residents on discussing, transcribing, editing and publishing the resident's biography. The \"Biography Project\" provides much needed contact and connection for residents but also touches on the quality of relationships with family, friends and care staff and supports intergenerational connections for undergraduate students. The article describes the project and its outcomes for students in the hopes of providing a model for geriatric education that could be implemented elsewhere.</p>","PeriodicalId":46431,"journal":{"name":"GERONTOLOGY & GERIATRICS EDUCATION","volume":"44 2","pages":"274-285"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9394627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Angela U Ekwonye, Alvina Brueggemann, Sarah P Gerdes, Kieu M Phi, Vanessa Kloepfer, Pragya Karmacharya, Vy Phung, Safia M Sidek
{"title":"We will all age and one day be older adults ourselves: College students' reflections on facilitating compassionate presence (CP) sessions for older adults.","authors":"Angela U Ekwonye, Alvina Brueggemann, Sarah P Gerdes, Kieu M Phi, Vanessa Kloepfer, Pragya Karmacharya, Vy Phung, Safia M Sidek","doi":"10.1080/02701960.2022.2057968","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2022.2057968","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>College students are likely to hold negative ageist views and attitudes toward older people. The compassionate presence (CP) intervention could be a promising approach to reduce ageist attitudes that younger adults have of older adults. College students were trained virtually in deep, active, and compassionate listening and were matched with older adults living in assisted-living facilities. The partners met virtually for an hour once per week. Students completed weekly reflections throughout the ten-week intervention. The weekly reflections revealed that students had preconceived notions about older adults before the CP training. After the CP training and throughout the intervention, we noted a positive shift in perception, knowledge, and attitudes toward older adults and aging. Students built meaningful social bonds with older adults, developed strong communication and interpersonal skills, and acquired research and core leadership skills needed for future careers and professional practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":46431,"journal":{"name":"GERONTOLOGY & GERIATRICS EDUCATION","volume":"44 2","pages":"298-315"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9388754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michelle J Berning, Amy Parkinson, Katelyn M Tessier, Laura Pejsa, Teresa C McCarthy, Edward R Ratner
{"title":"Effect of a dementia friends information session on health professional students' attitudes and knowledge related to dementia.","authors":"Michelle J Berning, Amy Parkinson, Katelyn M Tessier, Laura Pejsa, Teresa C McCarthy, Edward R Ratner","doi":"10.1080/02701960.2022.2123319","DOIUrl":"10.1080/02701960.2022.2123319","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite the growing prevalence of dementia, few models of training for health professional students on this topic have been formally evaluated or widely disseminated. The Dementia Friends (DF) initiative is part of a global movement to improve the way people think, act, and talk about dementia. The impact of these sessions on the dementia-related knowledge and attitudes of health professional trainees has not been adequately assessed. Health professional students (medicine n = 70, physical therapy n = 30, pharmacy n = 28) participated in one-hour DF information sessions, offered in-person or via videoconference. The Dementia Attitudes Scale (DAS), a validated 20-item questionnaire, was administered before and after each session. Pre- and post-session DAS scores were compared using a paired <i>t</i>-test. Students' dementia-friendly action plans were analyzed qualitatively. Of 128 students, 102 (80%) completed both the pre- and post-DAS. The mean DAS score increased significantly from 105.8 (12.3) to 120.8 (10.5) following the DF sessions (<i>p</i> < .001). Students' dementia-friendly action plans included improving communication, promoting quality of life, and learning more about dementia. The DF information session model significantly increased the knowledge and positive attitudes of health professional students toward those living with dementia. Further use and study of this model is appropriate.</p>","PeriodicalId":46431,"journal":{"name":"GERONTOLOGY & GERIATRICS EDUCATION","volume":"44 2","pages":"185-195"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10067531/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9401707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mariah Lyn Robertson, Nicole Mushero, Lindsay Demers, Anna Goroncy, Ryan Chippendale
{"title":"Inequities in the care of older adults: Identifying education gaps in geriatric medicine fellowship.","authors":"Mariah Lyn Robertson, Nicole Mushero, Lindsay Demers, Anna Goroncy, Ryan Chippendale","doi":"10.1080/02701960.2022.2047037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2022.2047037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The past year amplified inequities in the care of older adults. Milestones focused on social determinants of health (SDOH) are lacking within Geriatric fellowship training. A virtual learning collaborative GERIAtrics Fellows Learning Online And Together (GERI-A-FLOAT) was developed to connect trainees nationwide. To address gaps in education around SDOH, a needs assessment was conducted to inform a curricular thread. A voluntary, anonymous survey was distributed to fellows through a broad network. We sought to understand prior curricula trainees had that were specifically focused on SDOH and older adults. Respondents prioritized topic areas for the curriculum. Seventy-five respondents completed the survey. More than 50% of participants indicated no training on homelessness, immigration, racism, or LGBTQ+ health at any level of medical training, with more than 70% having no training in sexism or care of formerly incarcerated older adults. The most commonly taught concepts were ableism, ageism, and poverty. Respondents prioritized the topic of racism, ageism, and ableism. There is a lack of consistent SDOH curricula pertaining to older adults across all levels of training. This needs assessment is guiding a curricular thread for GERI-A-FLOAT and ideally larger milestones for fellowships. The time is now to prepare future geriatricians to serve as change agents.</p>","PeriodicalId":46431,"journal":{"name":"GERONTOLOGY & GERIATRICS EDUCATION","volume":"44 2","pages":"254-260"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9388745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rona J Karasik, Carrie Andreoletti, Hallie Baker, Thomas Caprio, Aaron M Ogletree
{"title":"The Path Forward: Refining Gerontology and Geriatrics Education.","authors":"Rona J Karasik, Carrie Andreoletti, Hallie Baker, Thomas Caprio, Aaron M Ogletree","doi":"10.1080/02701960.2023.2192395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2023.2192395","url":null,"abstract":"Gerontology and geriatrics are both interdisciplinary and interprofessional, and the ways in which education is approached in the fields continues to evolve. Ageism and its antidotes are a persistent theme underlying all aspects of the fields, while shifting demographics and critical workforce development needs remain at the forefront. The path forward requires moving beyond simply documenting current and future professionals’ lack of knowledge and/or interest in aging and older adults. Rather, what can be done to address these challenges? How can we prepare an effective, age-savvy workforce? Similarly, what are the educational needs of our diverse population of older adults and how might these best be met? Gerontology & Geriatrics Education is looking for new ideas and innovative solutions. To this end, we are introducing updated guidelines both for contributing authors and peer reviewers.","PeriodicalId":46431,"journal":{"name":"GERONTOLOGY & GERIATRICS EDUCATION","volume":"44 2","pages":"151-153"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9455726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An experimental investigation of a simulated online intergenerational friendship.","authors":"Ashley Lytle, Jamie Macdonald, Sheri R Levy","doi":"10.1080/02701960.2021.2023810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2021.2023810","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reducing ageism is a significant social issue. The current study involved a novel experimental examination of whether a one-time simulated online intergenerational friendship would reduce ageism. Undergraduate participants were randomly assigned to complete an interpersonal closeness exercise (the \"fast friends\" procedure, Aron et al., 1997; Lytle & Levy, 2015) with a confederate who used a script to answer the fast friends questions, during which they either did not reveal their age (control condition) or revealed being an older adult (age 65; experimental condition). Results indicate that experimental (vs. control) participants reported less ageism and more positive behavior (friendlier responses). These findings suggest that positive online intergenerational contact may help combat ageism. As intergenerational contact was limited before the COVID-19 pandemic and even more so during the pandemic, facilitating online intergenerational contact may be a particularly worthwhile ageism reduction strategy. Further implications of these findings and future directions are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":46431,"journal":{"name":"GERONTOLOGY & GERIATRICS EDUCATION","volume":"44 2","pages":"286-297"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9395107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}