Implementing a gero-infused curriculum in advanced-level MSW courses in health, mental health and substance abuse: an evaluation.
This article presents evaluation results from a curricular innovation aimed at increasing the capacity of social work graduates to serve older adults in health, mental health, and substance abuse settings. Working as a team, faculty developed, incorporated, and evaluated gerontology-infused syllabi and teaching modules in multiple sections of the 3 courses, with 2 sections serving as a comparison group. Results indicated that students exposed to the gero-infused curriculum increased their age-related knowledge and self-competence from pre- to posttest, and achieved a greater increase in knowledge than did the comparison group. Implications of the findings to social work education are discussed.
Fenster
Judy
J
School of Social Work, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York 11530, USA. fenster@adelphi.edu
Zodikoff
Bradley D
BD
Rozario
Philip A
PA
Joyce
Patricia
P
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004500:Education, Graduate; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D011361:Professional Competence; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011594:Psychometrics; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders