Table 5 Key characteristics of online dementia education programmes
Study | Setting/participants | Programme | Duration | Programme characteristics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bentley, Kerr et al. 2019 [14] | Primary care International medical graduates and practice nurses | Online interactive educational resource (recognising, diagnosing, and managing dementia in general practice) | 4 modules Total duration: 3Â h | Delivery method: fully online Instructional strategy: NS MID: video; external learning resources Interactivity: NS |
Chao, Kaas et al. 2016 [52] | Long-term care Nurses | Advanced Innovative Internet-Based Communication Education Program | 4 modules Total duration NS | Delivery method: blended learning Instructional strategy: case-based MID: video; face-to-face Interactivity: face-to-face discussion; online discussion NOS; online reflective journaling |
Cobbett, Redmond et al. 2016 [53] | Higher education Nursing students | Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias care course: adapted online course | 8 online modules and 1 face-to-facea Module duration: 1 h (with additional 2 h of preparatory work) | Delivery method: fully onlinea Instructional strategy: case-based MID: video; text Interactivity: online discussion (asynchronous) |
De Witt Jansen, Brazil et al. 2018 [54] | Primary and Secondary care, Nursing Home, and Hospice Physicians and nurses | Tele-mentoring to enhance assessment and management of pain in advanced dementia (based on Project ECHO model) | 5 sessions Session duration: 1Â h 15Â min | Delivery method: fully online Instructional strategy: case-based MID: videoconferencing Interactivity: online discussion (synchronous) |
Helms, Denson et al. 2009 [55] | Higher education Medical students | E-module: Neurology and Dementia: Psychological Aspects of Care (with clerkship materials) | Total duration NS | Delivery method: fully onlineb Instructional strategy: NS MID: video; text; external learning resources Interactivity: NS |
Hobday, Savik, and Gaugler 2010 [57] | Long-term care Direct care workers | Internet-based multimedia education program: dementia training resource | 3 prototype modules Module duration: 1Â h | Delivery method: Fully Online Instructional strategy: NS MID: video; text; audio Interactivity: NS |
Hobday et al. 2010 [58] | Long-term care Nurse assistants | Internet-based, interactive, multimedia dementia educational program | 4 modules Module duration: 1Â h | Delivery method: fully online Instructional strategy: NS MID: video; text; audio-narration; graphics Interactivity: NS |
Hobday, Gaugler and Mittelman 2017 [56] | Hospital Nursing assistants and allied hospital workers | CARES® dementia-friendly hospital program: online dementia training program | 4 modules Total duration NS | Delivery method: fully online Instructional strategy: case-based MID: video; audio-narrated text; text considers literacy levels; graphics Interactivity: NS |
Irvine, A. B., Bourgeois et al. 2007 [17] | Long-term care Nurse aides | Interactive multimedia program: professional dementia care (managing aggression) | Total duration NS | Delivery method: fully online Instructional strategy: video-modelling MID: video; text considers literacy levels; narration; graphics Interactivity: NS |
Irvine, A. Blair, Beaty et al. 2013 [59] | Long-term care Non-direct care staff including nurses | Internet dementia-training program | 5 modules 2Â h to complete all modules | Delivery method: fully online Instructional strategy: video-modelling MID: video; text considers literacy levels; narration Interactivity: NS |
Jones, Moyle 2016 [60] | Long-term care Nurses, care workers, and students | Online self-directed e-learning education intervention (based on the sexualities and dementia education resource for health professionals) | 4 modules Module duration: 1Â h | Delivery method: fully online Instructional strategy: case-based MID: NS Interactivity: NS |
Kimzey, Mastel-Smith et al. 2016 [61] | Higher education Nursing students | Alzheimer’s disease online module | Total duration NS | Delivery method: fully online Instructional strategy: NS MID: NS Interactivity: NS |
Luconi 2008 [62] | Primary care Family physicians | Early Alzheimer’s disease program: web-based continuing medical education program | 8 modules completed over 6 months | Delivery method: fully online Instructional strategy: case-based; practice-based learning method MID: text; external learning resources Interactivity: online discussions (asynchronous); moderated |
Tomaz, Jose Batista Cisne, Mamede et al. 2015 [66] | Primary care Family physicians | Online PBL: clinical approach for elderly with dementia | 120Â h (100Â h distance and 20 face-to-face) over 12Â weeks | Delivery method: blended learningc Instructional strategy: case-based; PBL MID: video; face-to-face Interactivity: face-to-face discussion; online discussions (synchronous; asynchronous) |
Vollmar, Mayer et al. 2010 [68] | Primary care General practitioners | Online modules: presentation of a dementia guideline | Estimated average activity duration: 83 (15 to 200) min | Delivery method: blended learning Instructional strategy: case-based MID: online NOS Interactivity: face-to-face discussions |
Westmoreland, Counsell et al. 2010 [69] | Higher education Medical residents | Dementia education module within a web-based geriatrics training program | Total duration NS | Delivery method: fully online Instructional strategy: case-based MID: video; text; graphics Interactivity: NS |