Anke van der Merwe, Corlia Janse van Vuuren
Creating transformational learning experiences for 21st century healthcare students through preclinical skills training at a South African university
BMC medical education
many western societies structured adults live longer take responsibility health valuable investigate older persons reason demand using mixed methods pilot studied older persons reason responsibility health responsibility patient interviews small swedish sample 6584 year olds analyzed qualitative characteristics quantitative complexity reasoning using adult development theory predicted least three different stages performance reasoning results indicated four different stages two actual reasoning health responsibility two reasoning occur qualitatively different results suggest longstanding blind spot health studies older people comprehend responsibility issues way significant implications closing gap demand take responsibility capabilities