The promotion of healthy aging has become a priority in most parts of the world and should be promoted at all ages. However, the baseline training of health and social professionals is currently not adequately tailored to these challenges. This paper reports the results of a Delphi study conducted to reach expert agreement about health and social professionals’ competencies to promote healthy aging throughout t...
Background and purpose: Blended intensive programs (BIP) in higher education merge short-term mobility with online collaboration (BIP, 2023). These initiatives foster innovative learning and teaching methods, facilitating joint curricular development for students, academics, and staff in Higher Education Institutions (HEI). Subsequently, international programs alike enable and empower students to create innovat...
Introdução: Os Blended Intensive Programs (BIP) no ensino superior combinam mobilidade a curto prazo com colaboração online (BIP, 2023). Esta abordagem financiada no âmbito do projecto ERASMUS+ visa fomentar métodos de ensino e aprendizagem inovadores em Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES). Objectivos: Desenvolver um BIP para abordar e aprofundar os desafios globais de saúde e sociais, considerando diversos f...
As societies age, the development of resources and strategies that foster healthy ageing from the beginning of life become increasingly important. Social and healthcare professionals are key agents in this process; therefore, their training needs to be in agreement with societal needs. We performed a scoping review on professional competences for social and health workers to adequately promote healthy ageing th...
Introdução: Face aos desafios sociais e de saúde de uma população em envelhecimento, é necessário a atualização das políticas sociais e de saúde na Europa (WHO, 2020; Rudnicka, 2020). O paradigma do Envelhecimento Saudável (HA) sublinha a necessidade de inovação nos sectores educativo, de saúde e social e a devida formação dos profissionais implicados. Objectivos: O projecto Strategic Innovative Educational Net...
Abstract Purpose: The promotion of healthy ageing has become a priority in most parts of the world, and it should be promoted at all ages. However, baseline training of health and social professionals is currently not adequately tailored to face these challenges. This paper reports the results of a Delphi study conducted to reach expert agreement about health and social professionals’ competencies to promote he...