Wicking teaching aged care facilities program: Innovative Practice.
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.
Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre and School of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.
Andrew
A
Robinson
Gravitas Leadership Group, Brisbane, Australia.
Catherine
C
See
Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.
Emma
E
Lea
Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Australia School of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia.
Marguerite
M
Bramble
HammondCare, Hammondville, Australia.
Sharon
S
Andrews
Department of Professional Experience, Faculty of Health, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia.
Annette
A
Marlow
Department of General Practice, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia.
Jan
J
Radford
SLE Corporate, Policy and Regulatory Services - Education and Training Department of Health & Human Services, Hobart, Australia.
Michael
M
McCall
Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.
Claire
C
Eccleston
Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
Barbara
B
Horner
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Australian Catholic University/Mercy Health, Fitzroy, Australia.
Fran
F
McInerney
D001315:Australia; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003704:Dementia; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D011231:Preceptorship; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
action research; clinical placements; organisational capacity; students; teaching aged care facilities