Translating 'dementia friends' programme to undergraduate medical and nursing practice: a qualitative exploration.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Dementia awareness is a key priority of medical and nursing pre-registration education. The 'dementia friends' programme is an internationally recognised and accredited dementia awareness workshop that is led by a trained facilitator. While this programme has been associated with positive outcomes, few studies have examined how medical and nursing students apply their learning in practice after the workshop. The aim of his study was to explore how nursing and medical students apply the dementia friend's programme into practice when caring for people living with dementia.

Methods

Seven focus-group interviews were conducted with 36 nursing students and 14 medical students at one university in Northern Ireland (n = 50), following 'the dementia friends programme. In

SUBMITTER: Craig S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10408182 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature