Title :
Gerontechnology Education: Beyond the Barriers
Author :
Cook, Diane J. ; Schmitter-Edgecombe, Maureen ; Holder, Lawrence B.
fDate :
4/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPRV.2011.73
