Marilyn Gugliucci gives six presentations at annual meeting of Association for Gerontology in Higher Education

Marilyn R. Gugliucci, Ph.D., director of geriatrics education and research, co-delivered six presentations at the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) at the AGHE Annual Meeting in Florida, February 28-March 3, 2013.

Gugliucci and her co-presenters provided the opening plenary session of the meeting “Charting the Future: Assuring Relevance and Quality in Gerontology and Geriatrics Education While Higher Education is Under Siege.”  Gugliucci, who previously served as AGHE president (2008-2010) participated in the Past Presidents’ Symposium, titled “Making Waves in Gerontology Education.”  Gugliucci’s segment of the presentation was titled “At the Core of Gerontological and Geriatric Education.”

Gugliucci co-conducted two two-hour workshops:  “Comprehensive Training for Program of Merit Pre-Approved Reviewers” and “Practical Assistance for AGHE Program of Merit Application Process.”  These workshops addressed a quality assessment review program for gerontology programs.  To date there is no accreditation body in place to conduct gerontology program reviews, although Gugliucci and a number of AGHE colleagues are in the process of designing such a body. Gugliucci designed and co-chairs the AGHE Consultation Program, which provides a range of evaluation and development services for gerontology/geriatrics programs.

Gugliucci also co-presented a “Student and AGHE Fellow Mentorship Session,” and participated in the symposium “The Effects of Aging on Faculty: Transformations of Pedagogical Approaches and Orientations.”

 

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