Panneton P E, Moritsugu K P, Miller A M
J Am Geriatr Soc. 1982 Feb;30(2):144-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1982.tb01290.x.
Twenty-seven projects for the development of interdisciplinary geriatric curricula were supported by the Health Resources Administration's Bureau of Health Professions in fiscal 1979. A variety of clinical training sites were used (e.g., university gerontology centers, VA medical centers, senior citizen facilities, adult health care centers), and innovative teaching approaches were developed. For example, a combined medical/dental/optometry clinic is conducted by students at the three professional schools; medical students accompany volunteers serving Meals on Wheels; and dental students treat patients in nursing homes in a mobile dental unit. Students have gained insights into the problems of the elderly and the roles of other health professionals through the interdisciplinary-team training courses. Nurse-practitioner programs to prepare nurses to provide primary health care to the elderly were also supported by the Bureau, as were special projects to develop short-term in-service basic training programs for nurses' aides and orderlies in nursing homes, to upgrade the skills of the paraprofessionals who care for the elderly. In other projects, the geriatric educational needs of pharmacy students were assessed, and dental schools promoted remote-site training to improve access to dental care for the elderly.
1979财年，卫生资源管理局的卫生专业人员局资助了27个跨学科老年医学课程开发项目。这些项目使用了各种各样的临床培训场所（如大学老年医学中心、退伍军人医疗中心、老年公民设施、成人保健中心），并开发了创新的教学方法。例如，三所专业学校的学生开设了综合医疗/牙科/验光诊所；医学生陪同为送餐上门服务的志愿者；牙科学生在流动牙科单位为养老院的患者治疗。通过跨学科团队培训课程，学生们深入了解了老年人的问题以及其他健康专业人员的角色。该局还资助了培养护士为老年人提供初级卫生保健的执业护士项目，以及为养老院的护士助理和勤杂工开发短期在职基础培训项目的特别项目，以提升照顾老年人的辅助专业人员的技能。在其他项目中，评估了药学专业学生的老年医学教育需求，牙科学校推广远程培训，以改善老年人获得牙科护理的机会。
