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Giving Students a
Look at Aging
Giving Students a
Look at Aging
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UTMB Health
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UTMB Health
Let’s explore together…
• Who am I, where is my OLLI, and why this workshop?
• Do you already have any intergenerational programs?
• Do you plan to begin one or expand what you already do?
Objectives for Today:
• Define 3 levels of intergenerational learning/sharing possible in your OLLI
• Explore examples of successful intergenerational programming
• Examine peer-reviewed literature • Assess how these principles apply at
your OLLI
Three Levels of Intergenerational Learning
1. Elementary students share lifestory and occupational mentorship
2. Community college students visit classes, interview students
3. Post-graduate OT, PA, MDs and MD students rotate, volunteer, and
teach
Elementary School and OLLI
1. Local Satori School project: Students interview OLLI members, write their “lifestories,” then give a dramatic presentation and present books
2. Local public middle school classes “interview” OLLI members from various backgrounds: ferry boat captain, hospital dietician, jazz musician
Community College Students
• Nursing students interview OLLI members and visit classes
• OLLI interactions fulfill “Community visits” required for graduation
• CNAs, LVNs, RNs, and others choose experiences at OLLI as a component of their curriculum
Free Fitness Classes at OLLI
“People in an informal setting in activities to further health of mind, body, and soul!”
UTMB OT, PA, and MD Students and Residents
• OT Master’s student research outcomes garnered high marks from faculty
• PA students fulfill community requirements in OLLI
• Medical students from first and fourth years, Residents from Family Medicine, MD/PhD, and Geriatric Fellows
Medical Students’ Presentation
Fourth year students collaborated on peer reviewed presentation at 2014 UT Innovations in Health Sciences Education Conference in Austin“Now I have concrete advice on
healthy aging for my patients!”
Philip, Fourth Year StudentThree things learned:• I was less strong/flexible than OLLI members• How little some know about computers• The wonderful life that can be achieved with
focus on healthy living and lifelong learning (in contrast to grim outlooks on life in hospice home visits)
Med Students in Pilates
“OLLI members could bend, flex, and balance in ways I could not!”
Dimple, Fourth Year Student
Three things learned:• Art teacher explained more cohesively
than any college teacher• Fascinating multitude of diversity—
variety of voices, conclusions, meanings• Best elective in all of medical school—I
tell everyone!
Students Try Meditation and Yoga
“How hard could it be? I was sore for days afterward!”
How it Works…
• UTMB Faculty request experience in OLLI for their students
• Schedule includes movement/fitness, academic, lifestory, and interviews
• Students meet with director for program overview and peer-reviewed literature
Research Support
• Hiking in the Geriatric Rotation, Weiss, Tomasa, Journal of Family Medicine
• Taking Integrative Healthcare Education to the Community, Sierpina, Kreitzer, Sierpina, Explore
• Leisure Activities and Risk of Dementia, Verghese, et. al., NEJM
Evaluation ComponentUTMB Faculty Share Evaluations:• 100% positive assessments• Students requested two days per week in OLLI
instead of one• Some students scheduled three day per week
in OLLI• Students requested opportunities to return to
OLLI after elective concludes
My Favorite…Lifestory• Effects of Life Review on Depressive Symptoms,
Chippendale, Bear-Lehman, American Journal of OT
• Improving Depressive Symptoms… Mastel-Smith, et. al., Journal of Gerontological Nursing
• Leisure Activities and Risk of Dementia, Verghese, et. al., NEJM
Your Reflections?
• How does intergenerational learning fit my OLLI’s goals and mission?
• How would OLLI members benefit?• How might students and our
community benefit?
Feel free to stay in touch…
Michelle Sierpina, PhDFounding Director
OLLI at UTMB Health
409.763.5604