Barbara Fifield Brandt, Founding Director
I am really excited about Nexus Summit 2021 – our annual meeting grows every year, and this one is no different. We have again received an unprecedented number of abstract submissions from old friends and new colleagues as well as more volunteers as reviewers and planners. We will be using our More Than a Meeting™ virtual platform that was evaluated highly last year. I am particularly pleased that we are bringing back signature interactive features such as Nexus Fairs and the Conversation Cafés.
This web-based tool kit guides a faculty team through the steps to develop, implement, and evaluate interprofessional education experiences in the clinical setting. The toolkit includes concrete and specific instructions as well as checklists and worksheets to guide a faculty team through the process, including the use of our observational tool for team skills, DOTI (Direct Observation of Team Interactions). The components include clinical site readiness, student readiness, on-site curriculum, faculty training, specifics on DOTI, and evaluation.
https://interprofessional.global/17-june-2021-1-2-pm-gmt-interprofessional-health-workforce-education-and-planning-why-we-all-need-to-work-together/
This lecture by Drs. Page Ulrey and Kathy Van Olst is part of the Northwest Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Center's 2021 Spring Lecture series discusses elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation in primary care. By the end of this lecture, learners should be able to: (1) identify how elder abuse i defined under the law; (2) describe the prevalence and impact of elder abuse on victims and their families; and (3) discuss how health care providers can help identify, address, and respond to elder abuse in patient care.
This brief created by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors discusses peer support in older adults. It also describes how to improve the self-esteem and confidence of the person in recovery providing the service as well as improve the condition of the individual receiving the peer support services.
The recent adoption of gerontology competencies for undergraduate and graduate education emphasize a need for competency-based education. This article from Gerontology & Geriatrics Education describes the approach one program took to mapping and aligning courses to the newly adopted Association for Gerontology in Higher Education's (AGHE) competencies in an effort to clarify curriculum needs for a diverse student population, increase the measurability of objectives, and apply for Program of Merit status through AGHE.
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education details a fall prevention interprofessional education (IPE) activity that uses the CDC's Stopping Elderly Accidents, Death & Injuries (STEADI) initiative to prepare health sciences students to manage older adult falls. The full article can be accessed with an OpenAthens account through your institution or with a Taylor & Francis Online account.
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education shares 15 years of experience developing a pedagogical strategy that situates the biology of aging as an accessible part of interdisciplinary gerontology education for nonbiologists and biologists alike. The approach hinges on a four-pronged learning opportunity--four course offerings--that places high priority on exactitude with language and sees development of an attitude of precision with language as essential to intellectual growth.
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education describes an interprofessional education (IPE) simulation-based geriatric palliative care training that was developed to educate health professions students in team communication. The Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) competency-based framework was used to inform the training. An evaluation examined attitudes toward health care teams, self-efficacy in communication skills, interprofessional collaboration, and participant satisfaction with the training experience.
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education describes an interprofessional teamwork simulation exercise for medical, nursing, pharmacy, and social work students. The article describes the simulation, debriefing, and surveys conducted to assess learner satisfaction with the project. The full article can be accessed with an OpenAthens account through your institution or with a Taylor & Francis Online account.
