Promoting age-friendliness: One college's "town and gown" approach to fostering community-based and campus-wide initiatives for inclusiveness
Rhode Island College has spearheaded state-wide age-friendly initiatives while simultaneously fostering three principles of Age-Friendly Universities on its campus. This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education describes the initiatives implemented at Rhode Island College and the challenges encountered. Solutions to the challenges are suggested. The full article can be accessed with an OpenAthens account through your institution or with a Taylor & Francis Online account.
Intercultural gerontology curriculum: Principles and practice
This article published in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education presents findings from an exploratory study based primarily on interviews about intercultural gerontology curriculum with university-based stakeholders from Canada, the US, and Europe. Scaffolding learning, active learning strategies, experiential learning opportunities, teacher modeling, and internet-based learning are discussed as key to intercultural learning. An appendix includes a list of resources that may be useful to developing an intercultural gerontology curriculum.
14th Annual MIPERC Conference
14th Annual MIPERC Conference
Expanding our reach: Responding to the needs of diverse patient populations through interprofessional advocacy, education, and research
2021 MIPERC CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES:
3rd Annual Heartland Interprofessional Education (HIPE) Conference
The Heartland Interprofessional Education (HIPE) Conference will focus on interprofessional education and collaborative practice aligning with the definitions and competencies in the Core Competencies of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (IPEC, 2016).
Commissioned Paper for The Future of Nursing: Social Determinants of Health- Nursing, Health Professions and Interprofessional Education at a Crossroads
The National Center was honored to be commissioned to submit a paper on "Social Determinants of Health: Nursing, Health Professions and Interprofessional Education at a Crossroads" to the National Academy of Medicine to accompany its recent report "The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity (2021)". Findings and recommendations from the commissioned paper can be found throughout the report.
The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity (2021)
Contributors
National Academy of Medicine; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Committee on the Future of Nursing 2020–2030; Mary Wakefield, David R. Williams, Suzanne Le Menestrel, and Jennifer L. Flaubert, Editors
Description
Your Work Helps Transform the Nexus in Ways That Matter
Nexus Summit 2021 Blog
Read the new report from the National Academy of Medicine- "The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity"
https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/the-future-of-nursing-2020-2030
Essentials of Cardiovascular Care for Older Adults (ECCOA)
Transforming cardiovascular health and improving heart health is a mission of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). This online resource provides evidence-based practice information and slide decks regarding a variety of topics related to geriatric cardiology. In addition, the ACC has a free online case-based curriculum covering key features of aging impacting cardiovascular disease including pharmacology, physiology, hypertension, heart failure, syncope, valvular disease, peripheral arterial disease, perioperative care, palliative care, decision-making.
Older Adults: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes--2020
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) published "Older Adults: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes--2020" which includes the ADA's current clinical practice recommendations and is intended to provide the components of diabetes care, general treatment goals and guidelines, and tools to evaluate quality of care.