Muirhead, K., Macaden, L., Clarke, C., Smyth, K., Polson, R., & O’Malley, C. (2019).  The characteristics of effective technology-enabled dementia education for health and social care practitioners: Protocol for a mixed studies systemic review. Systematic Review, 8, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-019-1212-4

Abstract:

“The global prevalence of people living with dementia is expected to increase exponentially and yet evidence suggests gaps in dementia-specific knowledge amongst practitioners. Evidence-based learning approaches can support educators and learners who are transitioning into new educational paradigms resulting from technological advances. Technology-enabled learning is increasingly being used in health care education and may be a feasible approach to dementia education.

This protocol aims to describe the methodological and analytical approaches for undertaking a systematic review of the current evidence based on technology-enabled approaches to dementia education for health and social care practitioners. The design and methodology were informed by guidelines from the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols.

The evidence generated from a systematic review of the current evidence is intended to inform the design and implementation of technology-enabled dementia education programmes and to advance the current academic literature at a time of unprecedented demographic and technological transition.”