DocumentCode
1345687
Title
Gerontechnology Education: Beyond the Barriers
Author
Cook, Diane J. ; Schmitter-Edgecombe, Maureen ; Holder, Lawrence B.
Volume
10
Issue
4
fYear
2011
fDate
4/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
59
Lastpage
63
Abstract
Multidisciplinary education lets students break outside the sometimes narrow confines of their primary discipline. Washington State University is designing new classes in health-assistive technologies that provide crossover training and experience to effectively lead research on interdisciplinary challenges and transition scientific advances into real-world solutions.
Keywords
Aging; Education; Gerontechnology; Intelligent sensors; Medical services; Sensors; education; gerontechnology; healthcare; pervasive computing; sensors; smart environments;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1536-1268
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MPRV.2011.73
Filename
6038721
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