Geriatric Education Programs for Emergency Department Professionals: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate geriatric education programs for emergency department (ED) professionals based on: content and teaching methods and learning outcome effects and factors promoting or hindering program implementation.

Design

Systematic review.

Setting

ED.

Participants

Physicians, nurses, and medical residents working in the ED.

Methods and measurement

Five major biomedical databases were searched for (quasi) experimental studies, published between 1990 and April 2018, evaluating geriatric education programs for ED professionals. Data were synthesized around study quality, learning participants, teaching content and methods, and Kirkpatrick learning outcomes.

Results

Nine before-after studies were included. Learners were mostly ED residents an

SUBMITTER: Hesselink G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6900059 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature