Journal Articles

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Published by Routledge • ISSN: 02701960

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Preparing for an aging Australia: The development of multidisciplinary core competencies for the Australian health and aged care workforce

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Appropriately skilled staff are required to meet the health and care needs of aging populations yet, shared competencies for the workforce are lacking. This study aimed to develop multidisciplinary core competencies for health and aged care workers in Australia through a scoping review and Delphi su…

Development of vignettes for learning and professional development

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Vignettes are short, descriptive stories of an incident of practice. They contain realistic contents and can therefore be a trigger for learning processes. The overall goal of this study is to develop work task vignettes as a trigger for learning processes and the professional development of geriatr…

An Evaluation of an Online Postgraduate Dementia Studies Program

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Education is key to addressing the challenges of providing high-quality care to the ever growing number of people with dementia. Although dementia education is required for multiple professions and disciplines working with people with dementia and their families and friends, there is a gap in knowle…