GERO: Developing Gerontology Professional
Credits: 3
Course Number: 10-544-208
Course Description
10-544-208 GERO: DEVELOPING THE GERONTOLOGY PROFESSIONAL ...exploration of effective communication styles and interview techniques for developing rapport and relationships with aging populations. Other topics include ethics and boundaries, self-determination, case plan development and implementation, documentation skills, research and grant funding, and compassion fatigue. (Prerequisites: 10-544-207, GERO: Legal & Ethical Issues Aging; 10-544-210, GERO: Generations and Diversity in Aging)
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What will I learn?
- Apply the concepts involved in the helping process
- Explain how the problem-management model may be applied to professional practice in gerontology
- Adhere to professional boundaries
- Demonstrate effective relationship building skills and communication strategies to be used with older adults
- Exhibit support for the concepts of elder autonomy, consumer-directed care, and self-determination
- Demonstrate job seeking skills
- Document explorations of career fields within gerontology
- Perform accurate documentation
- Assess the needs of older adults
- Formulate a case plan based upon the assessed needs of older adults
- Apply evidence-based research as it relates to gerontology
- Outline the essential components to securing grant funds
- Employ strategies to prevent empathy fatigue
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