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| An interdisciplinary service learning experience in geriatrics for occupational and physical therapy students | | Author(s) | K Jackson Thomas, Elizabeth B Reigart, Becki A Trickey |
| Journal title | Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 19, no 2, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 81-89 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Occupational therapists ; Physiotherapists ; Health [elderly] ; Teaching hospitals ; Curricula ; Screening ; Evaluation ; Multi disciplinary ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | An interdisciplinary service learning experience in geriatrics was provided for occupational and physical therapy students and supported by an Allied Health Project Grant. The service learning experience, which was developed by the faculty from the Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Communications Sciences Disorders Programs at the Medical University of South Carolina, functioned as the clinical component of an interdisciplinary geriatrics course. The purposes were to: provide students with an introductory experience in performing evaluation techniques in geriatrics; provide a service to older clients by screening them for physical communications dysfunction; and develop students' ability to interact and work directly with older clients. The learning experience was carried out over a nine week period, and provided an opportunity for the students to work directly with older people in a community-based setting. Course evaluations regarding the experience and anecdotal feedback from the students suggested that the experience was worthwhile and constituted an effective design for teaching geriatrics. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990311225 A |
| Classmark | QTR: QTM: CC: V6: V9C: 3V: 4C: 3DM: 7T |
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