Abstract
This is a learning activity for undergraduate health science students (nursing, and speech language pathology and audiology)designed to increase sensitivity and awareness of what it is like to be an older adult with dementia. The intervention involves sensory immersion, and students will be measured pre and post for empathy.
Notes
This item was accepted for presentation at the 2019 International Nursing Research Congress in Calgary, Canada, but was not presented at the event.
Sigma Membership
Unknown
Lead Author Affiliation
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
Type
Poster
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Dementia, Neurocognitive Disorder, Empathy, Sensitivity, Awareness and Sensory Immersion, Virtual Dementia Tour
Recommended Citation
Moore, Shelley P. Caswell and Murphree, Lisa Kay, "Relationship between a sensory immersion experience simulating dementia and health science student perceptions of empathy" (2019). INRC (Congress). 444.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/inrc/2019/posters_2019/444
Conference Name
30th International Nursing Research Congress
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Conference Year
2019
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Relationship between a sensory immersion experience simulating dementia and health science student perceptions of empathy
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
This is a learning activity for undergraduate health science students (nursing, and speech language pathology and audiology)designed to increase sensitivity and awareness of what it is like to be an older adult with dementia. The intervention involves sensory immersion, and students will be measured pre and post for empathy.