AGHE leadership in gerontological competency-based education and evaluation (CBE) Presentation uri icon

Description

  • AGHE is the only national institutional membership organization devoted to gerontological education. Its leadership holds the promise of advancing the field of aging education through embedding a competency-based approach to gerontology. In 2012, AGHE designated two working groups, the Accreditation Organizational Committee and the Competencies Development Workgroup. The 2014 Gerontology Competencies for Undergraduate and Graduate Education© are the result of an AGHE association-wide multi-year effort. This is the first step in a Competency-Based Education and Evaluation (CBEE) process. The next major stages are applying the adopted competencies to curricula and pedagogy and evaluating student learning outcomes as well as university programs curricula. In 2014, a team of AGHE leaders, under the sponsorship of the AGHE Academic Program Development Committee revised the AGHE Standards and Guidelines for Gerontology and Geriatrics (Gugliucci & Fisher). This new 6th Edition, which provides suggestions for advancing gerontological education, includes the AGHE competencies for the first time. The next goals are to offer gerontology program leadership and faculty the tools to identify and implement CBEE in aging-related courses. This symposium will provide a forum to exam how the structure of AGHE is being used to advance a CBEE approach, which is a hallmark of current higher education. The leaders of key AGHE committees will present their committees’ responses to the adoption of CBEE for gerontology and geriatrics education and the opportunities and challenges such an approach presents.

Date/time Interval

  • 2016-03-01 - 2016-03-31