Experiential Learning of Geriatric Medical and Nursing Education and Training in Japan
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2022-12-17
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7
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1
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Experiential learning is the process by which we acquire and embed new knowledge from
experience and subsequent reflection as theorized by David Kolb in 1984. In utilizing
this concept to accommodate a growing population of elderly in Japan, Japanese medical
and nursing schools have begun offering outpatient education programs in the homes
of the elderly and community clinics that contrast more conventional inpatient clinical
settings, like hospitals. The purpose is to engage students with novel patients, conditions,
and experiences, to better prepare them for an older patient demographic in various
settings. In each of the programs discussed, students were interviewed by researchers in
Japan and provided qualitative data reflecting on their experiences. In analysis of the
experiential learning value of each of these programs, most students reported that such
experiences provided them with new perspectives regarding patient autonomy, the lifestyle
of the elderly, the role of familial and communal support, and so on. Providing significance
to these new perspectives is the gradual transition to home care and integrated
community-based care models for the elderly in both Japan and the United States to
mitigate the effects of a rapidly aging population.
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