| CODE | GER1007 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Health Care Professionals in Old Age | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Gerontology and Dementia Studies | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit will seek to develop in students an understanding of the roles of health care professionals working with older persons within a geriatric team. The rationale and composition of interdisciplinary geriatric teams will be highlighted. Moreover, how interdisciplinary geriatric teams function in practice will be discussed. Study-unit Aims: - To familiarise students to the roles of different health care professionals working with older persons. - To assist students in distinguishing between different models of geriatric health care teams. - To convey appreciation of how interdisciplinary geriatric teams can work effectively in practice. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - List the health care professionals working in geriatric teams and describe their role. - Compare between different models of geriatric health care teams and how they can be applied in practice. - Describe the characteristics that make up effective team functioning. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to analyze the contribution of health care professionals, through a description of their role, historical background and an evaluation of at least 2 profession-led programmes that have contributed to older persons' heath outcomes through a computer-based presentation. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main texts: - Claire M Jeffrey and Allman M Richard (2000) The Gerontological Prism: Developing Interdisciplinary Bridges Baywood New York. - Bernstein Carole L (2002) Aging : the health care challenge : an interdisciplinary approach to assessment and rehabilitative management of the elderly Davis Washington. Supplementary texts: - Satin David G (2009) Health Management for Older Adults Developing an Interdisciplinary Approach. Oxford University Press, New York. - Payne Malcolm (2000) Teamwork in multi-professional care Macmillan New York. - Grech Mary Lou (2007) Interdisciplinary teamwork in the care of the elderly M.Ger Dissertation. - Dannefer, D. and Phillipson, C. (2010) (eds.) The SAGE handbook of social gerontology. New York: SAGE. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | This study-unit is only offered to students following the Higher Diploma in Gerontology and Geriatrics course. | |||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Hilary Caruana Maria Aurora Fenech (Co-ord.) |
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