Geriatric Education Programs for Emergency Department Professionals: A Systematic Review.
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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 and, to a smaller extent, ED nurses and physicians. Study quality was moderate, with the lowest scores on sampling and instrument validity. Programs varied from a 1-day workshop to a 2-year curriculum, mostly combining didactic lectures with active and experiential learning formats. Topics commonly addressed included managing: geriatric syndromes, trauma and falls, medication, atypical presentations, and care transitions. Statistically significant improvements were mostly found in learners' knowledge acquisition (six studies). Significant improvements were also found in single studies on: self-reported geriatric screening, documentation of geriatric care, and appropriate urinary catheter placement. Factors promoting program implementation included: solving competing educational demands and busy work schedules, embedding the program in preexisting curricula, and close collaboration between emergency and geriatric medicine faculties.Conclusions
Various geriatric education programs improve the geriatric knowledge of ED professionals and seem to positively impact their clinical practice. However, more program evaluations with larger study samples, and use of valid and reliable outcome measures, are needed to provide robust evidence on the effectiveness of such programs. J Am Geriatr Soc, 1-8, 2019. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:2402-2409, 2019.
SUBMITTER: Hesselink G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6900059 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
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Geriatric Education Programs for Emergency Department Professionals: A Systematic Review.
Hesselink Gijs G Demirbas Mehmet M Rikkert Marcel Olde MO Schoon Yvonne Y
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 20190723 11
<h4>Objectives</h4>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.<h4>Design</h4>Systematic review.<h4>Setting</h4>ED.<h4>Participants</h4>Physicians, nurses, and medical residents working in the ED.<h4>Methods and measurement</h4>Five major biomedical databases were searched for (quasi) experimental studies, published between 1990 an ...[more]
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