ArticleInternational journal of geriatric psychiatry2021
A comparative study of the effect of the Time for Dementia programme on medical students.
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- The impact of experiential learning on healthcare students' attitudes towards dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Dementia Education and Training for the Multidisciplinary Student Healthcare Workforce: A Systematic Review.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
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- Student satisfaction of a dementia education intervention: a cross-sectional study of the time for dementia programme.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Experiences of Dietetic Students Taking Part in an Online Longitudinal Dementia Educational Programme: A Qualitative Study.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
- Validity and reliability of the Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire (ADQ) in Indonesian health students.BMC medical education · 2025Article
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- The curative-to-preventive perspective shift of medical students through community dementia programs: a qualitative study based on transformative learning theory.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Dementia is our "biggest expanding caseload": Core learning for student speech and language therapists.PloS one · 2025Article
- The impact of game play on dementia knowledge: A student evaluation of the Dementia Inequalities Game.Dementia (London, England) · 2024Article
- North Macedonia interprofessional dementia care (NOMAD) - personalized care plans for people with dementia and caregiver psychoeducation delivered at home by interprofessional teams.Frontiers in dementia · 2024Article
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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
- Understanding the experiences of people with dementia and their family carers participating in healthcare student dementia education: A mixed-methods evaluation from the time for dementia programme.Dementia (London, England) · 2023Article
- Efficacy of an 8-hour education intervention on dementia knowledge, attitude and skills in healthcare professionals in regional hospitals: a nation-wide study from Uganda.The Pan African medical journal · 2023Article
- Medical student perceptions of autism education: A qualitative study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023Article
- Developing undergraduate autism education for medical students: a qualitative study.BMJ paediatrics open · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundTraditional healthcare education typically focuses on short block clinical placements based on acute care, investigations and technical aspects of diagnosis and treatment. It may therefore fail to build the understanding, compassion and person-centred empathy needed to help those with long-term conditions, like dementia. Time for Dementia was developed to address this.
methodParallel group comparison of two cohorts of UK medical students from universities, one participating in Time for Dementia (intervention group) and one not (control group). In Time for Dementia students visit a person with dementia and their family in pairs for 2 hours three times a year for 2 years, the control group received their normal curriculum.
resultsIn an adjusted multilevel model (intervention group n = 274, control n = 112), there was strong evidence supporting improvements for Time for Dementia participants in: total Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire score (coefficient: 2.19, p = 0.003) and its person-centredness subscale (1.32, p = 0.006) and weaker evidence in its hopefulness subscale (0.78, p = 0.070). There was also strong evidence of improvement in the Dementia Knowledge Questionnaire (1.63, p < 0.001) and Dementia Attitudes Scale (total score: 6.55, p < 0.001; social comfort subscale: 4.15, p < 0.001; dementia knowledge subscale: 3.38, p = 0.001) scores. No differences were observed on the Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale, the Medical Condition Regard Scale or the Jefferson Scale of Empathy. DISCUSSION: Time for Dementia may help improve the attitudes of medical students towards dementia promoting a person-centred approach and increasing social comfort. Such patient-focused programmes may be a useful complement to traditional medical education.
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