Departments of Community Dentistry and Prosthodontics and Dental Geriatrics, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral Health Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Gerodontology. 2012 Jun;29(2):e1222-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2010.00444.x. Epub 2011 Jan 16.
Despite the exponential growth of the elderly population worldwide, geriatric education has been a formal component of only a few dental schools' curricula.
To describe the geriatric community service learning (CSL) component of the professionalism and community service (PACS) module, and to explore a CSL project carried out by a group of first year dental students at a long-term care facility.
A literature review was performed to present and describe the CSL component of the PACS module. Students' personal reflections were used to illustrate some of the joys and challenges of experiencing a long-term care facility environment.
The newly developed PACS module combines community service learning with the long-term care experience. Students develop, apply and evaluate an educational health promotion activity in a long-term care facility.
The PACS module has encouraged students to acquire comprehensive knowledge and awareness of the needs and dynamics of a long-term care as they collaboratively interacted with personnel from the facility to develop their projects. The authors would like to engage other schools in discussing the need to integrate community-based geriatric education into their dental curricula.
尽管全球老年人口呈指数级增长，但老年医学教育仅在少数几所牙科学院的课程中正式开设。
描述专业精神和社区服务（PACS）模块中的老年社区服务学习（CSL）部分，并探讨一组一年级牙科学生在长期护理机构开展的 CSL 项目。
进行文献回顾，介绍和描述 PACS 模块中的 CSL 部分。学生的个人反思被用来举例说明在长期护理环境中体验到的一些乐趣和挑战。
新开发的 PACS 模块将社区服务学习与长期护理体验相结合。学生在长期护理机构中开发、应用和评估教育性健康促进活动。
PACS 模块鼓励学生在与机构人员合作开展项目的同时，获得对长期护理需求和动态的全面了解和认识。作者希望邀请其他学校讨论将基于社区的老年医学教育纳入其牙科课程的必要性。
