AGST 310 — MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN AGING
Learning Objectives & Matches
Gain a personal awareness of your attitudes related to aging in America.
Maintain current knowledge of relevant research.
Identify patients' age-specific needs and alter care plans as necessary to meet those needs.
Identify culturally specific beliefs and practices affecting health status and access to services for distinct populations and communities, in collaboration with medical and public health officials.
Consult with and advise individuals such as administrators, social workers, and legislators regarding social issues and policies, as well as the implications of research findings.
Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.
Attend interdisciplinary meetings with other health care professionals to discuss patient care.
Care for individuals or families during periods of incapacitation, family disruption, or convalescence, providing companionship, personal care, or help in adjusting to new lifestyles.
Respond to customer, public, or media requests for information about wellness programs or services.
Educate patients about health care management.
Educate patients and family members about mental health and medical conditions, preventive health measures, medications, or treatment plans.
Understanding aging trends; including population, life expectancy, geographic distribution, economic status and housing.
Analyze statistical information to estimate mortality, accident, sickness, disability, and retirement rates.
Analyze archival data, such as birth, death, and disease records.
Collect and analyze relevant data to identify real estate market trends.
Identify patients' age-specific needs and alter care plans as necessary to meet those needs.
Forecast political, economic, and social trends.
Evaluate land and neighborhoods where properties are situated, considering locations and trends or impending changes that could influence future values.
Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.
Study the economic, political, and cultural characteristics of a specific region's population.
Prepare government and organizational reports on birth, death, and disease statistics, workforce evaluations, or the medical status of individuals.
Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.
Understand biological and social theories of aging.
Plan and conduct research to develop and test theories about societal issues such as crime, group relations, poverty, and aging.
Study the chemistry of living processes, such as cell development, breathing and digestion, or living energy changes, such as growth, aging, or death.
Analyze and interpret data to increase the understanding of human social behavior.
Read current literature, attend meetings or conferences, and talk with colleagues to keep abreast of methodological or conceptual developments in fields such as biostatistics, pharmacology, life sciences, and social sciences.
Explain sociological research to the general public.
Instruct individuals and groups on ways to preserve health and prevent disease.
Develop new methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes.
Apply research or simulation results to extend biological theory or recommend new research projects.
Collect and analyze biological data about relationships among and between organisms and their environment.
Identify factors that may affect patient management, such as age, gender, barriers to communication, and underlying disease.
Identify and understand barriers to successful aging.
Identify factors that may affect patient management, such as age, gender, barriers to communication, and underlying disease.
Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.
Identify patients' age-specific needs and alter care plans as necessary to meet those needs.
Instruct patients and families in work, social, and living skills, the care and use of adaptive equipment, and other skills to facilitate home and work adjustment to disability.
Identify issues for research and analysis.
Develop or assist others in development of care and treatment plans.
Discuss testing options and the associated risks, benefits and limitations with patients and families to assist them in making informed decisions.
Document individuals' progress toward meeting their treatment goals.
Develop or implement interventions to address behavioral causes of diseases.
Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability.
Understand the aging process within a variety of ethnic and racial minority communities.
Identify culturally specific beliefs and practices affecting health status and access to services for distinct populations and communities, in collaboration with medical and public health officials.
Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as race and ethnic relations, measurement and data collection, and workplace social relations.
Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as race and ethnic relations, gender studies, and cross-cultural perspectives.
Identify patients' age-specific needs and alter care plans as necessary to meet those needs.
Work with individuals, groups, or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities.
Identify or contact members of high-risk or otherwise targeted groups, such as members of minority populations, low-income populations, or pregnant women.
Plan and conduct research to develop and test theories about societal issues such as crime, group relations, poverty, and aging.
Maintain knowledge of community services and resources available to patients.
Provide information about community health and social resources.
Study the economic, political, and cultural characteristics of a specific region's population.