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Evaluating an interdisciplinary geriatric education and training institute — what can be learned by studying processes and outcomes?
Author(s)	Phillip G Clark, John Puxty, Linda G Ross
Journal title	Educational Gerontology, vol 23, no 7, October-November 1997
Pages	pp 725-744
Keywords	Teaching hospitals ; Multi disciplinary ; Evaluation ; Canada.
Annotation	As recognition of the need for interdisciplinary geriatric teams grows, new and varied training methods will be necessary to reach health and human service professionals in different contexts and settings. This article reports on the development and evaluation of one such model: an interprofessional educational institute sponsored by the Queen's University Gerontology Project in 1993. Data analysed include information on participants' background and teamwork experience, and their assessment of session content and group work processes that made up the programme's knowledge acquisition and skills attainment objectives. Major implications of the institute that became evident include the need to develop a strong institutional foundation, the importance of targeted recruitment, the connection between theory and practice, and the need to present practical techniques, strategies, and modelling opportunities.
Accession Number	CPA-971030260 A
Classmark	V6: 3DM: 4C: 7S
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