title: Learner-centered education in gerontology and geriatrics.
abstract: This article serves as an introduction to the special issue on learner-centered education in gerontology and geriatrics. The author discusses the origin of the special issue in a preconference workshop sponsored by the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America in 2006, introduces the concept of learner-centered education, and briefly describes the articles in the special issue.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. jwood2363@gmail.com
authors.forename: Joan B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D017145:Models, Educational; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*