AN EVALUATION OF THE VA RURAL INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM: OUTCOMES AND IMPLICATIONS. (8th November 2019)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- AN EVALUATION OF THE VA RURAL INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM: OUTCOMES AND IMPLICATIONS. (8th November 2019)
- Main Title:
- AN EVALUATION OF THE VA RURAL INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM TRAINING PROGRAM: OUTCOMES AND IMPLICATIONS
- Authors:
- Howe, Judith L
Kramer, Josea
Weintraub, Nancy
Gottesman, Eve
Richter, Regina
Bean, Andrew - Abstract:
- Abstract: The rural interdisciplinary team training (RITT) program has provided in-person training for almost 2000 VA providers and staff at 125 rural clinics since 2011. The multi-modal workshop, accredited for 6.5 hours for a number of disciplines, focuses on the recognition of common issues facing older Veterans, red flags prompting further assessment, how to administer screening instruments and team-based approaches for improving patient outcomes. Participants develop an improvement action plan improvement project based on common challenges faced by clinic patients. A program evaluation found an increase in geriatrics knowledge and a modest improvement in teamwork after the education program. It also found that participants self-identified an enhanced ability on average to use red flags after the 6.5 hour training in areas such as polypharmacy, falls and caregiver stress. The action plans were often not implemented at follow-up. The evaluation results will be discussed, as well as challenges, limitations, and implications.
- Is Part Of:
- Innovation in aging. Volume 3(2019)Supplement 1
- Journal:
- Innovation in aging
- Issue:
- Volume 3(2019)Supplement 1
- Issue Display:
- Volume 3, Issue 1 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 3
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0003-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- S766
- Page End:
- S766
- Publication Date:
- 2019-11-08
- Subjects:
- Aging -- Periodicals
Gerontology -- Periodicals
612.67 - Journal URLs:
- https://academic.oup.com/innovateage ↗
http://www.oxfordjournals.org/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1093/geroni/igz038.2815 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2399-5300
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