Almeida, Patrícia

Alves Lopes, António

Carrillo, Elena

Gruneberg, Christian

Hirvonen, Armi

Kozakiewicz, Mariusz

Nimani, Endrit

Pekarić, Jasmin

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SIENHA Project – Strategic and Innovative European Network for Education in Healthy Aging: Project UpdateJasmin Pekarić1, António Alves Lopes2, Patrícia Almeida2, Elena Carrillo3, Christian Gruneberg4 ,Mariusz Kozakiewicz5, Armi Hirvonen6, Endrit Nimani61HU University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands), 2Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão (Portugal), 3Blanquerna School of Health Sciences - Ramon Llull University (Spain), 4HSG Bochum University of Applied Sciences (Germany), 5Department of Geriatrics, Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland), 6JAMK University of Applied Sciences (JAMK), 7Heimerer College (Kosovo)The demographic transition of ageing influences currently allEuropean societies, changing the health status of the population. Thehealth challenges related to the ageing of the population (WHO,2020), force a change in social and health measures and policies inEurope (Rudnicka, 2020).There is an urgent need to address challenges related to thegovernance of ageing societies, which calls for deliberate andforesighted innovation of educational, social and health careenvironments that equip and prepare its professionals with capacitiesfocusing on prevention, health and wellbeing using evidence-basedpractices.The Healthy Ageing (HA) paradigm requires innovation ineducational, social and health environments and the preparation ofits professionals. Thus, it is essential to promote higher education inthe European space through the development of skills of students,health and social service professionals.Background and purposewww.sienha.euProjeto financiado no âmbito do ERASMUS+ - 2020-1-ES01-KA203-083121WP 1identification of a framework of professional competences in Healthy AgeingWP 2development of a curriculum in HAWP3development of an innovation and research toolkit in HAWP4Implementation manual for healthy agingIn this phase of the project the partners already develop a list of coreand enabling competencies based on a scoping review and with thatcreated four main capstones that will be able to structure theassessment strategies and the syllabus.For applying implementation research and innovation researchteaching strategies, a toolkit with theoretical foundation is going tobe developed with descriptions of best practices and suitableteaching and learning methods that can be implemented ineducational programs (some examples below).Summary of useFor the duration of the project is planned the creation of aneducational curriculum, centered on healthy ageing throughout thelifespan, to be implemented by the partner HEIs to facilitate thepreparation of professionals, namely Physiotherapists, to work with afocus on promoting health and well-being throughout the life cycle.Importance• World Health Organisation. (2020). Decade of healthy ageing: baseline report.• Rudnicka, E., Napierała, P., Podfigurna, A., Męczekalski, B., Smolarczyk, R., & Grymowicz, M. (2020). The World Health Organization (WHO) approach to healthyageing. Maturitas, 139, 6-11.ReferencesFig 3 - Example of teaching method described in a handbook formatFig 1 - Visual presentation of teaching methods in healthy ageing courseFig 2 - Visual presentation of a good practice course design The SIENHA project is based on an multilateral academiccooperation, lasting 36 months, with the participation of seven HigherEducation Institutions, financed by the ERASMUS+ program,consisting of the following intellectual products: identification of aframework of professional competences in HA; development of acurriculum in higher education; development of an innovation andresearch toolkit in HA.Description

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