Abstract
This study examined learning in students, who participated in an experience-based learning program implemented by the Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences (CPUHS) based on an partnership agreement in collaboration with the Urban Renaissance Agency, namely the CPUHS Health Program, to prevent care dependency among community-dwelling old people, as a basis for establishing a better curriculum.
In an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire survey to evaluate the outcomes, more than 90% of all students affirmatively responded to the following statements: “actively participating in the program” , “understanding the characteristics of target people” , “learning methods to appropriately manage target people while considering their conditions” , “actively communicating with target people” , and “learning methods to give consideration to and cooperating with other participants” . The answers to the free-description style questions also revealed that students developed awareness with broad perspectives, such as reviewing the overall structure of the program, in addition to making good use of their acquired expertise.
The CPUHS Health Program still needs some improvements, but the results support it as an effective experience-based learning program.
