ERIC Number: EJ841016
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 13
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A Web-Based Framework for Improving Geriatric Education
Hirth, Victor A.; Hajjar, Ihab
Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, v25 n2 p43-55 2004
Despite the growth in the elderly population, physicians with special geriatric training and certification number only 9,000 out of 650,000 doctors in the United States. The flexibility and increasing availability of the Internet makes it an ideal avenue for addressing the educational needs of health care providers to improve the health and care of older adults. We performed an Internet search using popular search engines. This yielded between 321 and 358,000 websites about geriatrics and 164 to 175,000 about geriatric education. This paper reviews popular health and medical Web sites to determine geriatric educational content and proposes a structure for an "ideal" geriatric Web site that would provide resources and enhance training for allied health professionals, physicians in training and community doctors in practice. We also propose a framework addressing the design and content for developing a geriatric specific website. We use this framework to propose a prototype resource on falls and gait instability. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Content Analysis, Internet, Professional Continuing Education, Older Adults, Geriatrics, Design, Educational Technology, Distance Education, Web Based Instruction, Web Sites, Educational Resources, Medical Education
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Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Adult Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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