A course to teach students to learn mobile health by serving the elderly

We designed a special course based on Service Learning theory to train the undergraduate students to teach the elderly people in community college to learn using smartphones for health. A 2-credit course was designed, composed of lecture & discussion and community service. 20 undergrduate stunde...

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Published inStudies in health technology and informatics Vol. 192; p. 1214
Main Authors Kuo, Ming Chuan, Su, Yu-Ting, Chen, Jin-Jong, Lee, Chen-Hsen, Chang, Polun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands 2013
Subjects
Curriculum
Education, Medical, Undergraduate - organization & administration
Educational Measurement
Geriatrics - education
Medical Informatics - education
Patient Education as Topic - methods
Taiwan
Teaching - methods
Telemedicine
Taiwan
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Summary:We designed a special course based on Service Learning theory to train the undergraduate students to teach the elderly people in community college to learn using smartphones for health. A 2-credit course was designed, composed of lecture & discussion and community service. 20 undergrduate stundents from university and 26 seniors from community college registered at this course. The results show very postitive impacts in both groups. The students felt doing something meaningful and learning helping the elder when the elderly felt very appreciated by being served and taught by students about the smartphones. The elderly wished us to go back in the future.
ISSN:0926-9630
DOI:10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-1214