TY - JOUR
T1 - A web-based framework for improving geriatric education
AU - Hirth, Victor A.
AU - Hajjar, Ihab
N1 - Funding Information:
Merck Manual of Geriatrics. This Web site is the companion to the popular Merck Manual of Geriatrics (Beers & Berkow, 2004) and is a mirror of the print version. It covers, as does the print version, topics in geriatrics and is a helpful reference for educators. It offers links that allow for easier navigation and is updated frequently. It is supported by Merck & Co. Inc, but there is no clear and easy link for disclosing any conflicts of interest when the site is initially accessed.
PY - 2004/11/11
Y1 - 2004/11/11
N2 - Despite the growth in the elderly population, physicians with special geriatric training and certification number only 9, 000 out of 650, 000 doctors in the United States. The flexibility and increasing availability of the Internet makes it an ideal avenue for addressing the educational needs of health care providers to improve the health and care of older adults. We performed an Internet search using popular search engines. This yielded between 321 and 358, 000 websites about geriatrics and 164 to 175, 000 about geriatric education. This paper reviews popular health and medical Web sites to determine geriatric educational content and proposes a structure for an “ideal” geriatric Web site that would provide resources and enhance training for allied health professionals, physicians in training and community doctors in practice. We also propose a framework addressing the design and content for developing a geriatric specific website. We use this framework to propose a prototype resource on falls and gait instability.
AB - Despite the growth in the elderly population, physicians with special geriatric training and certification number only 9, 000 out of 650, 000 doctors in the United States. The flexibility and increasing availability of the Internet makes it an ideal avenue for addressing the educational needs of health care providers to improve the health and care of older adults. We performed an Internet search using popular search engines. This yielded between 321 and 358, 000 websites about geriatrics and 164 to 175, 000 about geriatric education. This paper reviews popular health and medical Web sites to determine geriatric educational content and proposes a structure for an “ideal” geriatric Web site that would provide resources and enhance training for allied health professionals, physicians in training and community doctors in practice. We also propose a framework addressing the design and content for developing a geriatric specific website. We use this framework to propose a prototype resource on falls and gait instability.
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U2 - 10.1300/J021v25n02_04
DO - 10.1300/J021v25n02_04
M3 - Article
C2 - 15778145
AN - SCOPUS:33746765059
SN - 0270-1960
VL - 25
SP - 43
EP - 55
JO - Gerontology and Geriatrics Education
JF - Gerontology and Geriatrics Education
IS - 2
ER -