Status quo of education of foreign geriatric nurse practitioners / 中华医学教育探索杂志

With the acceleration of the aging in China, the demand of health care for the elderly is increasing, which puts forward higher requirements for the education of geriatric nurses. There is no education system yet to develop geriatric nurse practitioners in China. Therefore, this paper introduces the length of schooling, curriculum contents, cultivation goals, the practice time, sites and main contents, the types and forms of teaching methods, the contents and requirements of course and graduation assessment of the training programs for master's and doctoral students abroad, so as to provide reference for the training of geriatric nurse practitioners in China.