A Web-Based Dementia Education Program and its Application to an Australian Web-Based Dementia Care Competency and Training Network: Integrative Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Dementia education that meets quality and safety standards is paramount to ensure a highly skilled dementia care workforce. Web-based education provides a flexible and cost-effective medium. To be successful, Web-based education must contain features that promote learning and support knowledge translation into practice. The Dementia Care Competency and Training Network (DCC&TN) has developed an innovative Web-based program that promotes improvement of the attitudes, knowledge, skills, behavior, and practice of clinicians, regardless of their work setting, in order to improve the quality of life for people living with dementia. OBJECTIVE:This review aims to (1) determine the key features that are associated with an effective and functional Web-based education program-an effective

SUBMITTER: Moehead A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7003124 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature