SynthesisJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2019
Geriatric Education Programs for Emergency Department Professionals: A Systematic Review.
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- Microlearning to teach geriatric principles in hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Age and ageing · 2026Pooled it
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- Emergency Medicine Residents' Perceptions of Geriatric Emergency Medicine and Careers: A Qualitative Study.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Toward Senior-Friendly Hospitals: An Overview of Programs, Their Elements and Effectiveness in Improving Care.Gerontology · 2025Review
- The present and future of geriatric internal medicine: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- "The stay here is, of course, not appropriate for an old person": the perspective of healthcare providers on older patients in the emergency department.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Older Adult Patients in the Emergency Department: Which Patients should be Selected for a Different Approach?Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2024Article
- Determinants of the intention to work in aged care: a cross-sectional study to assess gerontological nursing competencies among undergraduate nursing students.BMC nursing · 2023Article
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- Geriatric Educational Interventions for Physicians Training in Non-Geriatric Specialties: A Scoping Review.Journal of graduate medical education · 2021Article
- The Status of Geriatric In-Hospital Nursing Care from the Perspective of Nurses Working in the Emergency Department of Hospitals in the Northwest of Iran in 2020.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
- Investigating the Relationship Between Perception and Attitude With Responsibility for Elderly Care in Nurses of Emergency Wards of Ardabil Hospitals in 2020.Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate geriatric education programs for emergency department (ED) professionals based on: content and teaching methods and learning outcome effects and factors promoting or hindering program implementation.
designSystematic review.
settingED.
participantsPhysicians, nurses, and medical residents working in the ED. METHODS AND MEASUREMENT: Five major biomedical databases were searched for (quasi) experimental studies, published between 1990 and April 2018, evaluating geriatric education programs for ED professionals. Data were synthesized around study quality, learning participants, teaching content and methods, and Kirkpatrick learning outcomes.
resultsNine before-after studies were included. Learners were mostly ED residents and, to a smaller extent, ED nurses and physicians. Study quality was moderate, with the lowest scores on sampling and instrument validity. Programs varied from a 1-day workshop to a 2-year curriculum, mostly combining didactic lectures with active and experiential learning formats. Topics commonly addressed included managing: geriatric syndromes, trauma and falls, medication, atypical presentations, and care transitions. Statistically significant improvements were mostly found in learners' knowledge acquisition (six studies). Significant improvements were also found in single studies on: self-reported geriatric screening, documentation of geriatric care, and appropriate urinary catheter placement. Factors promoting program implementation included: solving competing educational demands and busy work schedules, embedding the program in preexisting curricula, and close collaboration between emergency and geriatric medicine faculties.
conclusionsVarious geriatric education programs improve the geriatric knowledge of ED professionals and seem to positively impact their clinical practice. However, more program evaluations with larger study samples, and use of valid and reliable outcome measures, are needed to provide robust evidence on the effectiveness of such programs. J Am Geriatr Soc, 1-8, 2019. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:2402-2409, 2019.
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