An exploration of Australian undergraduate dentist Gerodontology education to support a growing frail and care-dependent population

Nilsson, Maria Angeliki (2024) An exploration of Australian undergraduate dentist Gerodontology education to support a growing frail and care-dependent population. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

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Angie Nilsson explored perceptions of the stakeholders involved in the delivery and outcomes of undergraduate gerodontology education in dental schools. Angie Nilsson provided development of broad goals, objectives and educational strategies for undergraduate gerodontology education as part of a future framework for use by all dental schools in Australia.

Item ID: 91005
Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
Keywords: Care-dependent population, dentist Gerodontology education, Australian dental students, older population, oral health, frail population
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Copyright Information: Copyright © 2024 Maria Angeliki Nilsson
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Three publications arising from this thesis are stored in ResearchOnline@JCU, at time of processing. Please see the Related URLS. The publications are:

[Chapter 2] Nilsson, Angie, Young, Louise, Glass, Beverley, and Lee, Andrew (2021) Gerodontology in the dental school curriculum: a scoping review. Gerodontology, 38 (4). pp. 325-337.

[Chapter 5] Nilsson, Angie, Young, Louise, Evans, Rebecca, Jennings, Ernest, and Lee, Andrew (2024) Australian dental school academics' perceptions of gerodontology education in the undergraduate curriculum. European Journal of Dental Education, 28 (1). pp. 337-346.

[Chapter 5] Nilsson, Angie, Young, Louise, Evans, Rebecca, Jennings, Ernest, and Lee, Andrew (2024) Stakeholder perceptions of gerodontology education for final year Australian dental school curricula. Journal of Dental Education, 88. pp. 1373-1379.

Date Deposited: 19 Mar 2026 05:26
FoR Codes: 39 EDUCATION > 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy > 390110 Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy @ 30%
42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4203 Health services and systems > 420301 Aged health care @ 40%
42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4299 Other health sciences > 429999 Other health sciences not elsewhere classified @ 30%
SEO Codes: 16 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 1603 Teaching and curriculum > 160301 Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum @ 30%
20 HEALTH > 2005 Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health) > 200502 Health related to ageing @ 30%
20 HEALTH > 2003 Provision of health and support services > 200399 Provision of health and support services not elsewhere classified @ 40%
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