La experiencia del Aula Universitaria de Mayores: enseñanza-aprendizaje de cuidado y autocuidado. Medellín, Colombia

ABSTRACT: The “Aula Universitaria de Mayores” is an extracurricular proposal to answer the educational requirements of old age people from the life-health-illness perspective. Objectives: the principal aspects of the “Aula Universitaria de Mayores” program experience show that it has enabled for mor...

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Autores:
Zea Herrera, María del Carmen
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2009
Institución:
Universidad de Antioquia
Repositorio:
Repositorio UdeA
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/5099
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10495/5099
Palabra clave:
Enseñanza
Aprendizaje
Educación continua en enfermería
Envejecimiento
Cuidado
Autocuidado
Teaching
Learning
Continually nursing education
Aging
Care
Self-care
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 2.5 Colombia (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 CO)
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Summary:ABSTRACT: The “Aula Universitaria de Mayores” is an extracurricular proposal to answer the educational requirements of old age people from the life-health-illness perspective. Objectives: the principal aspects of the “Aula Universitaria de Mayores” program experience show that it has enabled for more than two years the training of 120 people with satisfactory assessment and approval within the Medellín and Metropolitan Area adult population. Conclusions: despite the popular saying that “old birds do not learn to sing” that would exclude them from university spaces, it is well known that old people retain repertories to defend themselves in daily life. Their education challenges the professionals; but is important to conceive it as a necessity, a right and a social service.