How medical professional students view older people with dementia: Implications for education and practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare professionals' attitudes to older people, and especially those living with dementia, may contribute to unsatisfactory healthcare. Despite repeated calls to address increasing need, training an adequate geriatric workforce remains an international concern. Of particular concern are the attitudes and knowledge healthcare workers may hold about people living with dementia. Students' knowledge of dementia has been found to be low at the beginning of their university education and has shown limited improvement throughout their coursework; greater understanding of students' attitudes to ageing and dementia, upon entry and throughout their degrees, may help inform targeted educational interventions to improve the healthcare delivered to older people.

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SUBMITTER: Scott TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6867636 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature