ArticleBMC medical education2020
Perceptions and attitudes towards dementia among university students in Malaysia.
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- Lost in translation: how can education about dementia be effectively integrated into medical school contexts? A realist synthesis.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Translating 'dementia friends' programme to undergraduate medical and nursing practice: a qualitative exploration.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Can a translational science approach change the dementia narrative in medical education?Frontiers in dementia · 2023Article
- Confidence in Dementia Management and Its Associated Factors among Primary Care Doctors in Malaysia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Assessment tools for measurement of dementia-friendliness of a community: A scoping review.Dementia (London, England) · 2022Article
- Assessment of dementia knowledge and its associated factors among final year medical undergraduates in selected universities across Malaysia.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Awareness of dementia risk reduction among current and future healthcare professionals: A survey study.Journal of public health research · 2021Article
- Translation and Validation of the Chinese Version of the Brief Adolescent Attitudes Towards Dementia Scale (Brief AADS-C): A Psychometric Study.American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementiasArticle
- Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitude Towards Dementia Amongst Medical Undergraduate Students: Can a Sensitization Program Help?Annals of Indian Academy of NeurologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundOne of the major challenges worldwide is the stigma associated with dementia. There is limited dementia awareness within Malaysian communities, including levels of confusion regarding the differences between dementia and the usual ageing progress, which can lead to delays in support seeking. The need for additional training and education for healthcare professionals has been highlighted. The present study aimed to evaluate the benefits of a one-hour dementia education session (Dementia Detectives workshop) for pharmacy and medicine undergraduate students at a Malaysian university.
methodsParticipants attended the workshop and completed pre- (Time 1) and post-workshop (Time 2) questionnaires consisting of validated measures exploring attitudes towards dementia and older people more broadly.
resultsA total of 97 students were recruited. Attitudes towards people with dementia showed significant positive changes between Time 1 and Time 2, whereas no differences were found for attitudes towards older people.
conclusionsAs medical and pharmacy students develop theoretical knowledge, practical skills and professional attitudes during their undergraduate studies, it is important for students to also learn about the humanistic side of diseases and conditions through workshops such as the one presented here. Further research should now be conducted to consider how Dementia Detectives can be delivered to non-healthcare students and what the barriers and facilitators to wider delivery are.
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