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Wicking teaching aged care facilities program: Innovative Practice
Andrew Robinson Catherine See E Lea M Bramble Sharon Andrews A Marlow Jan Radford Michael McCall Claire E Eccleston Barbara Horner
Andrew Robinson
Catherine See
E Lea
M Bramble
Sharon Andrews
A Marlow
Jan Radford
Michael McCall
Claire E Eccleston
Barbara Horner
Abstract
This paper reports on the design of a program that aims to prototype teaching aged care facilities in Australia. Beginning in two Tasmanian residential aged care facilities, the intent of the program is to support large-scale inter-professional student clinical placements, positively influence students’ attitudes toward working in aged care and drive development of a high-performance culture capable of supporting evidence-based aged care practice. This is important in the context of aged care being perceived as an unattractive career choice for health professionals, reinforced by negative clinical placement experiences. The Teaching Aged Care Facilities Program features six stages configured around an action research/action learning method, with dementia being a key clinical focus.
Keywords
clinical placements, action research, organisational capacity, students, teaching aged care facilities
Date
2017
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Journal article
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Dementia
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16
Issue
5
Page Range
673-681
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