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Learner-centered online courses/programs in gerontology and geriatrics
— new response to changing needs of health professionals | | Author(s) | J James Cotter, E Ayn Welleford, Cecil B Drain |
| Journal title | Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 29, no 3, 2008 |
| Pages | pp 257-269 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Medical workers ; Health services ; Ageing process ; Training [welfare work] ; Courses ; Information technology ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This article describes recent trends that have led to an emphasis on a learner-centred approach to gerontology and geriatrics education, especially in distance-based education. A learner-centred approach to education has combined with technological advances to stimulate distance-enhanced education for students in geriatric and gerontology programmes. The technological advances (especially the internet) that have enhanced the capacity of educational programmes to involve students in the learning process even though separated from the instructor by time and distance, are discussed. The learner-centred Doctoral Program in Health-Related Sciences (DPHRS) was established in the School of Allied Health Professions of Virginia Commonwealth University (USA) in response to the needs of health care professionals who were seeking to enhance their skills in research, education, and leadership in their respective professions, including gerontology. The specifics of this distance-enhanced, learner-centred programme are described. The article ends with strategies for encouraging a learner-centred experience with special focus on distance-based education. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-091104206 A |
| Classmark | QT: L: BG: QW: VE: UVB: 7T |
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