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Care of older people from a multi-professional perspective
— learning on the web | | Author(s) | Mona Bendz, Daga Joakimson, Eija Oinas |
| Journal title | Quality in Ageing, vol 2, no 3, September 2001 |
| Pages | pp 25-31 |
| Keywords | Training [welfare work] ; Multi disciplinary ; Information technology ; Communication ; Europe. |
| Annotation | The increasing demand in Europe for professionals to have international, multicultural and multi-professional knowledge about older people and their care was the rationale behind the introduction of a web-based course. Another reason was that many students are not able to leave home to study abroad. The aim of the course was to provide an option enabling students from different disciplines and experienced health professionals to increase their mutual understanding about older people and their need for comprehensive care. The Internet offered several health professionals with their different perspectives a place to meet and communicate. Lecturers with advanced knowledge about specific subject areas and countries could present their views, and course participants could share knowledge about relevant articles, research and personal experiences, as well as to share their experiences with professionals from more than one culture, which is not usually the case when going abroad. By working together in international groups, the students said they had learned to analyse shared attitudes and differences between countries, and how cultural and geographical circumstances could affect older people's quality of life. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011019210 A |
| Classmark | QW: 3DM: UVB: U: 74 |
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