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1. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Integration into a community of educators is one of the 
benefits of the Network. 

2. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Services that the Network provide include reviewing con-
tent for copyright.
  
3. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Research indicated that there is a need to assess the impact 
of physical therapy education on scholarly productivity.

4. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
The lack of scholarly publications among the nurses at a 
Malawian university could be due to the lack of Master’s 
degree programmes at the institution.

5. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Internationally there has been a move to more community-
based training to ensure appropriate training.

6. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
A key element of the Parallel Rural Community Curricu-
lum (PRCC) is the focus on the undifferentiated patient as 
the basis for learning.
 
7. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
In the Flinders PRCC programme integration of knowl-
edge happens through practice and under the guidance of 
mentors.

8. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
The presence of students and academics in rural areas 
leads to the development of a learning culture.

9. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
A lack of time to explore psychosocial determinants of 
health and illness is a key barrier to implementing a bio- 
psychosocial approach to patient care. 

10. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
The biopsychosocial model is the paradigm that ‘enfolds’ 
knowledge from different disciplines.

11. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
The principles of primary health care encourage commu-
nities to assert their rights and interests.

12. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Clinicians and anthropologists can bring complementary 
aspects of health care together in an integrated manner.

13. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Lack of geriatric knowledge and skills has significant im-
plications for health care providers working in rural areas.

14. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
The FAQ1, developed by Erdman Palmore, is a reliable 
measure of geriatric knowledge in a variety of cultures.

15. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
A positive attitude towards older adults (OAs) is signifi-
cantly associated with having lived with an OA relative.

16. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Geriatric competencies commonly recommended for all 
health care disciplines include understanding risk assess-
ment and health promotion and mental, physical, affec-
tive, psychosocial and environmental aspects. 

17. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Chronic wounds affect 2.8 million patients in the USA.

18. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
A knowledge score of 70% is regarded as indicating suf-
ficient knowledge to treat various types of chronic wounds 
successfully.

19. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
GPs are more interested than registrars in receiving 
wound-care literature.

20. True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Surgical registrars may possess insufficient knowledge to 
act as teachers during a wound-care module.