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dc.contributor.authorJones, Danielle K.
dc.contributor.authorCapstick, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorFaisal, Muhammad
dc.contributor.authorFrankland, Joe
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-07T10:40:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-23T10:43:19Z
dc.date.available2023-02-07T10:40:49Z
dc.date.available2023-02-23T10:43:19Z
dc.identifier.citationJones D, Capstick A, Faisal M et al (2023) The impact of dementia education on student paramedics preparedness to care, knowledge, confidence, and attitudes towards dementia: an analytic survey. British Paramedic Journal. 8(1): 9-17.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/19329
dc.descriptionYes
dc.description.abstractParamedics play a vital role in the emergency health care of people living with dementia. People with dementia often have complex needs, posing challenges for paramedics. Paramedics often lack the confidence and skills to assess people with dementia appropriately and receive little, if any, dementia education. Aims: To evaluate the impact of dementia education on student paramedics preparedness to care, knowledge, confidence, and attitudes towards dementia. Methods: A 6-hour education programme on dementia was developed, implemented, and evaluated. A pre-test-post-test design using self-completion validated questionnaires was used to evaluate first year undergraduate student paramedics knowledge, confidence, and attitudes, towards dementia, as well as their preparedness to care for people with dementia. Results: Forty-three paramedic students attended the education programme with forty-one fully completed questionnaires being collected pre-training and thirty-two post-training. Students reported feeling significantly more preparedness to care for people with dementia after the education session (p
dc.description.sponsorshipFunded by College of Paramedics, Research Grant Scheme
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rights© 2023 College of Paramedics. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
dc.subjectResearch Development Fund Publication Prize Award
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectSocial support
dc.subjectMental well-being
dc.subjectOlder adults
dc.subjectDementia
dc.subjectParamedics
dc.subjectStudents
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectPreparedness
dc.subjectKnowledge
dc.subjectConfidence
dc.subjectAttitude
dc.titleThe impact of dementia education on student paramedics preparedness to care, knowledge, confidence, and attitudes towards dementia: an analytic survey
dc.status.refereedYes
dc.date.application2023-06-01
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.versionAccepted manuscript
dc.description.publicnotesResearch Development Fund Publication Prize Award winner, Feb 2023.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.29045/14784726.2023.6.8.1.9
dc.rights.licenseUnspecified
dc.date.updated2023-02-07T10:40:58Z
refterms.dateFOA2023-02-23T10:43:58Z
dc.openaccess.statusopenAccess


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