Synergy and sensibility: a course on entrepreneurship in gerotechnologies.
"Health, Technology, and Aging" is a course developed to address three significant contemporary trends: aging populations, increasingly ubiquitous technology, and the economic imperative to encourage entrepreneurship. Course content is a blend of gerontology, informatics, and entrepreneurship designed for nonbusiness majors. Six interdisciplinary faculty modeled synergistic teamwork for the student teams. Findings suggest that students appreciated the interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning and perceived gerotechnology as a promising market for business development. An external panel of judges scored student projects as well described, persuasive, and creative. Two plans of the four projects were judged to have potential for funding.
Department of Applied Health Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. lehuber@indiana.edu
Lesa
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Lorenzen-Huber
Patricia
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Allen
Carol
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Kennedy-Armbruster
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D003479:Curriculum; D016520:Entrepreneurship; D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000193:education*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013334:Students; D013663:Teaching; D055815:Young Adult