SEEING AGING ANEW: USING ARTS-BASED TEACHING TO ENRICH INTERPROFESSIONAL GERIATRICS EDUCATION

Sep 29, 2026

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Arts and humanities-based pedagogy supports a human-centered learning approach across health professions education, strengthening empathy, tolerance of ambiguity, curiosity, and observation and communication skills. These competencies are essential for professionals working with older adults throughout the educational continuum. Arts-based education also reframes aging, increasing engagement in geriatrics among clinicians not specifically trained in geriatrics. The presentation reviews arts-based teaching across home and nursing-home settings and examines two curricular innovations to help interprofessional learners apply components in their own HPE.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

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Reading Time3 min

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Abstract

Human-centered arts-based pedagogy

Reframing aging to increase geriatrics engagement

Arts-based teaching across settings and two curricular innovations

FAQs

What skills does arts-based pedagogy aim to build in health professions education?

It promotes empathy, tolerance of ambiguity, capacity to wonder, observation, and communication skills.

How can arts-based teaching influence attitudes toward aging and geriatrics?

It helps reframe aging and builds interest and investment in geriatrics among clinicians without geriatrics-specific training.

Where are arts-based teaching approaches applied for interprofessional geriatrics learners?

They are implemented across educational settings, including the home and nursing home, for learners from paramedicine, medicine, nursing, and public health.

Sep 29, 2026

Uploaded by Stanley