Pre-Conference Event

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Time: 1pm-4pm

Roslyn Compton, University of Saskatoon

Barbara Tallman, University of Manitoba

The purpose of the workshop is to bring together gerontological nurses from the various sectors of the health care system including administration, clinical practice and education to create an undergraduate nursing curriculum without ageism. This curriculum would embody an approach to the care of the older adult and their family that is sensitive to the negative implications of ageism in nursing practice and is proactive in preventing agist and implicit agist nursing education content. It will encompass a wholistic understanding of the context of the older adult including the societal and institutional factors that impact advocacy for their care.  Gerontological nurses are equipped to provide insight and develop guidelines into the creation of an undergraduate nursing curriculum that incorporates principles of best practice with the older adult.  

1. Identify how the curriculum can transmit ageism: theory courses, clinical courses, learning activities, evaluation methods and the method of scaffolding skill development. 
2. Develop a curriculum that addresses ageism through awareness and remediation. 

By the end of the workshop, participants will: 

1. Develop a profile of the undergraduate nurse who has the knowledge and skills to facilitate optimal care for the older adult
2. Describe facilitators and challenges to developing an undergraduate nursing program that promotes positive attitudes towards aging
3. Discuss curriculum components and strategies that can address ageism in the undergraduate course 
4. Create a curriculum that addresses ageism.

The primary process for address the objectives of this session will be through group work.

We will have some pre-reading and some pre-workshop reflections available. We will  review these readings and reflections prior to the group work.