Postgraduate education in healthy and active ageing : a systematic scoping review of learning needs, curricula and learning impact

Wiggin, Daisy (author), Penič, Benjamin (author), Setti, Annalisa (author), Mali, Jana (author)

Healthy and active aging and age-friendly society frameworks attempt to address the well-documented challenges and opportunities of population aging. To meet the needs of an increasingly older society, there is a demand for professionals with appropriate age-related knowledge and skills. To this end, a master’s in active aging is in development. This study reports on the consultation with prospective students, employers, older people and academics on the knowledge areas to be included in the course. An anonymous online survey gathered data from stakeholders in Ireland, Slovenia, Austria, Portugal, Finland, and Greece. Participants ranked the importance of 14 broad knowledge areas and linked topics. The influence of participant characteristics on decisions was examined using multivariate regression modeling. Across all stakeholder groups (total sample N = 757), health promotion was most often deemed very important (80%), followed by psychology (73%), and social inclusion and engagement (71%). Potential students from healthcare backgrounds were more interested than others in aging physiology, social aspects, and the physical environment. More western-located European countries overall showed more enthusiasm for the topics presented, additional to regional variations between topics. This learning needs analysis provides multi-stakeholder insights into priorities regarding learning in healthy and active aging and age-friendly society.

• Language: English
• Keywords: postgraduate education, older adults, age-friendly, healthy aging, active aging, learning needs
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: FSD - Faculty of Social Work
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2024
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 345-368
• Numbering: Vol. 45, no. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-163902
• UDC: 378:613.98
• ISSN on article: 1545-3847
• DOI: 10.1080/02701960.2023.2187386
• COBISS.SI-ID: 201851907
• Publication date in RUL: 14.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Gerontology & geriatrics education
• Shortened title: Gerontol. geriatr. educ.
• Publisher: Haworth Press
• ISSN: 1545-3847
• COBISS.SI-ID: 521032985

Licences

• License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Description: The most restrictive Creative Commons license. This only allows people to download and share the work for no commercial gain and for no other purposes.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: podiplomsko izobraževanje, učne potrebe, starejši, zdravo staranje, aktivno staranje

Projects

• Funder: EC - European Commission
• Project number: 2020-1-FI01-KA203-006647
• Name: European Master on Active Ageing and Age Friendly Society - EMMA
• Acronym: EMMA