Continuing education modules and the scholarship of engagement.
Economic and political trends underscore the importance of engaged scholarship as evidence that colleges and universities are serving their constituencies. Set in a background of debate about pure versus applied social science this article describes a planned approach to continuing gerontological education grounded firmly in the principles of the scholarship of engagement. The description includes efforts to ascertain through a two-phase state-wide survey continuing education needs and preferred venue in a segment of the North Carolina aging services workforce. Subsequent surveys were used to define and prioritize modular continuing education topics suitable for web-based delivery.
Departments of Sociology and Family Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA. mitchellj@ecu.edu
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult