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- Title
Dementia care training in undergraduate nursing education: Lessons learned from a pilot study on a novel inter-professional training course.
- Authors
Balzer, Katrin; Schröder, Rhian; Junghans, Anne; Stahl, Ute; Träder, Jens-Martin; Köpke, Sascha
- Abstract
Background Insufficient knowledge among nurses and medical doctors regarding evidence-based care recommendations and nurse-doctor-communication failures are assumed to be important determinants of malpractices in dementia care. To address these barriers early in the professionals' careers, an inter-professional dementia care training course was developed for undergraduate nursing and medical students. Aim To explore the feasibility of the novel course and potential effects on participants' knowledge and attitudes. Methods A before-after study was conducted alongside preliminary course implementation in three terms. All participants were asked to complete a questionnaire at the beginning and the end of the course. The questionnaires covered following outcome areas: various dimensions of the course's process quality, including relevance of the interprofessional learning, and knowledge and attitudes related to multiple aspects of dementia care. Data were descriptively analysed. Results In the first term, the course had to be terminated early due to dominating barriers making full implementation not feasible. Across the following terms, the then revised course was attended by 15 nursing and 17 medical students, who all participated in the pilot study. The overall course quality was rated with "2" on a six-step rating scale (1 =very good, 6 = insufficient). The inter-professional course character was highly valued both by the nursing and the medical students. However, differences between these two sub-samples were observed with regard to the assessment of other course aspects (e.g. problem-based learning) and the changes in students' knowledge and attitudes. Conclusions Due to the mixed findings, further revision of the curriculum is required, taking the experiences from this pilot study into account. Relevance for nursing science in Europe This study exemplarily shows how nursing education can be developed further by means of complex intervention research inventory.
- Subjects
EUROPE; CONFERENCES &; conventions; MEDICAL quality control; NURSING; PHILOSOPHY of nursing
- Publication
BMC Nursing, 2016, Vol 15, p2
- ISSN
1472-6955
- Publication type
Article