Using Tai Chi to teach gerontology. 2006

Patricia A Schafer
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Nursing, USA. SchaferPatricia@uams.edu

Pedagogically, this program included discussing attitudes about aging, learning-by-doing of new skills, and experiencing active older adults as peers during the tai chi class. Students reported gaining insight into the aging process by comparing and contrasting their movements with those of the older adults. Students' clinical logs included positive comments about the experience. They expressed a global concept of the needs of healthy and unhealthy older adults and an exploration of nurses' role in geriatric health promotion.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005851 Geriatric Nursing Nursing care of the aged patient given in the home, the hospital, or special institutions such as nursing homes, psychiatric institutions, etc. Nursing, Geriatric,Geriatric Nursings,Nursings, Geriatric
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D001131 Arkansas State of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA bounded on the north by Missouri, on the east by Tennessee and Mississippi, on the south by Louisiana, and on the west by Oklahoma and Texas.
D013663 Teaching A formal and organized process of transmitting knowledge to a person or group. Teaching Method,Training Activity,Training Technique,Academic Training,Educational Technics,Educational Techniques,Pedagogy,Teaching Methods,Technics, Educational,Techniques, Educational,Training Activities,Training Technics,Training Techniques,Activities, Training,Activity, Training,Educational Technic,Educational Technique,Method, Teaching,Methods, Teaching,Pedagogies,Technic, Educational,Technic, Training,Technics, Training,Technique, Educational,Technique, Training,Techniques, Training,Training Technic,Training, Academic
D026302 Tai Ji One of the MARTIAL ARTS and also a form of meditative exercise using methodically slow circular stretching movements and positions of body balance. T'ai Chi,Tai Chi,Tai Ji Quan,Tai-ji,Taiji,Taijiquan,Tai Chi Chuan,Chi, Tai,Ji Quan, Tai,Quan, Tai Ji

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