| Autor: |
Henderson-Kalb JR; Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO., Berg-Weger M; Department of Social Work, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO., Ramel M; Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO., Fitzgerald J; Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Andrea Vaugh: Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO., Hawthorne K; Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Andrea Vaugh: Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO., Vaughn A; Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO. |
| Abstrakt: |
Healthcare students have expressed a need for more education on the aging adult population. Interprofessional education (IPE) is a well-known educational model intended to increase students' knowledge, skill, and abilities to use evidence-based practice for improved patient outcomes. At a Midwestern, urban-based university, we have implemented an interprofessional, student-led Geriatric Assessment Clinic in order to allow students in six health professions (including medicine, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, social work, and speech language pathology) to practically apply their skills in the aging adult population while learning to work with other healthcare professionals. This holistic clinic is free of cost to the aging adults who participate in it. The following article discusses the purpose, implementation, benefits, and limitations of such a clinic as it relates to both the patients who attend and the students who participate. |
