Postgraduate education in healthy and active ageing: learning needs, curriculum and expected outcomes: a scoping review protocol

Daisy Wiggin; Benjamin Penič; Outi Sulopuisto; Annalisa Setti; Jana Mali; Andrea Stitzel; Raija Kuisma; Fátima Baptista; Tuula Kukkonen; Olympia Konstantakopolou; Liisa Timonen; Filomena Carnide; Venetia-Sofia Velanoki; Daniela Elisabeth Ströckl; Vera Zymbal; Graça Cardadeiro; Elina Nevala; Daphne Kaitelidou; Panayota Sourtzi; Valentina Hlebec; Maša Filipovič Hrast; Suzanne Timmons

doi:10.12688/hrbopenres.13444.2

Postgraduate education in healthy and active ageing: learning needs, curriculum and expected outcomes: a scoping review protocol

HRB Open Res. 2022 Oct 12:4:120. doi: 10.12688/hrbopenres.13444.2. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Daisy Wiggin¹, Benjamin Penič², Outi Sulopuisto³, Annalisa Setti⁴, Jana Mali², Andrea Stitzel⁵, Raija Kuisma⁶, Fátima Baptista⁷, Tuula Kukkonen⁶, Olympia Konstantakopolou⁸, Liisa Timonen⁶, Filomena Carnide⁷, Venetia-Sofia Velanoki⁹, Daniela Elisabeth Ströckl¹⁰, Vera Zymbal⁷, Graça Cardadeiro⁷, Elina Nevala⁶, Daphne Kaitelidou⁸, Panayota Sourtzi¹¹, Valentina Hlebec¹², Maša Filipovič Hrast¹², Suzanne Timmons¹

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
² Faculty of Social Work, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
³ Department of Health Sciences and Social Work, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Klagenfurt, Austria.
⁴ School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
⁵ Faculty of Health Care and Social Services, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Villach, Austria.
⁶ Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Tikkarine 9, Joensuu, Finland.
⁷ CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
⁸ Department of Nursing, Laboratory of Health Services Organisation & Evaluation, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁹ Department of Nursing, Sector of Public Health, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
¹⁰ IARA - Institute for Applied Research on Ageing, Dep. Health and Assistive Technologies, School of Medical Engineering, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Klagenfurt, Austria.
¹¹ Department of Nursing, Laboratory of Prevention, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
¹² Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Abstract

Background: As the European population ages, it becomes increasingly important to promote and facilitate healthy and active ageing and age-friendly societies. Professionals across a range of disciplines and sectors need knowledge and skills to support both. Objective: This scoping review aims to identify and map the literature on learning needs, learning outcomes and respective curricula in healthy and active ageing and age-friendly society concepts. Inclusion criteria: Studies focused on the teaching/learning process in healthy and active ageing and/or age-friendly society, of any design type, are eligible. Included studies may focus on undergraduate, postgraduate or continuing education and on any aspect of the educational process, such as needs analysis, content delivery, learner satisfaction/acceptability, or education outcome. Methods: This review will follow the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology for conducting scoping reviews. Four electronic databases, PubMed, EBSCO (Academic Search Complete), Scopus and Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA), will be searched, limited to studies published from 1 ^st January 2000. Text language will be limited to English, German, Greek, Portuguese, Finnish, and Slovenian. Google Scholar and Research Gate will be searched for grey literature, limited to the first 50 results of each. Title and abstract screening, followed by full-text screening will be undertaken independently by at least two reviewers. The JBI extraction tool will be adapted for data extraction. Quality assessment will be conducted using a tool developed by Hawker and colleagues. A narrative synthesis will outline the data in relation to the aims and objectives outlined.

Keywords: age-friendly society; education; healthy and active ageing; learning needs; needs analysis.

Grants and funding

Health Research Board [HRB ILP-HSR-2017-020] The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.