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Interprofessional Education Simulation-based Dementia Management Program Boosts Community-Dementia Care Competencies

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Nursing and medical students in South Korea have been found to significantly improve their readiness for interprofessional education, self-efficacy, teamwork attitude, and problem-solving process after participating in an Interprofessional Education Simulation-based Dementia Management (IPE-SDM) program. The 190-minute program, which consisted of three sessions using standardized patients, was implemented for a group of 20 nursing and medical students. Compared to a control group of 19 students, the experimental group demonstrated statistically significant improvements in the aforementioned areas. The study's findings suggest that the IPE-SDM program holds potential for integration into formal interdisciplinary healthcare education curricula, contributing to the development of healthcare professionals equipped with the essential inter-professional skills required for community-based dementia care.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Interprofessional Education Simulation-based Dementia Management (IPE-SDM) program consisted of three 190-minute sessions using standardized patients to enhance the competencies of nursing and medical students in community-dementia care for older adults with dementia.
  • The program demonstrated statistically significant improvements in readiness for IPE (p = .044), self-efficacy for IPE (p = .030), teamwork attitude (p = .014), and the problem-solving process (p = .042) among nursing and medical students.
  • The study employed a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design and analyzed data using SPSS/WIN 25.0, descriptive statistics, chi 2 test, Fisher's exact test, independent t-test, and Mann-Whitney U test.
  • The IPE-SDM program was found to be an effective intervention for enhancing interprofessional competencies, holding potential for integration into formal interdisciplinary healthcare education curricula.
  • The research has been peer-reviewed and published in the journal Clinical Simulation in Nursing.

Statistics:

  • 39 students (experimental group: 20, control group: 19) from the nursing and medical schools at Keimyung University in South Korea participated in the study.
  • The IPE-SDM program consisted of three 190-minute sessions, each using standardized patients.
  • The study used SPSS/WIN 25.0 to analyze data and found statistically significant improvements in the following areas:

+ Readiness for IPE (p = .044)

+ Self-efficacy for IPE (p = .030)

+ Teamwork attitude (p = .014)

+ Problem-solving process (p = .042)

Sources:

  • NewsRx. Researchers from Department of Nursing Describe Findings in Dementia [Effectiveness of the Ipe-sim Based Dementia Management (Ipe-sdm) Program On Community-dwelling Elders for Nursing and Medical Students]. Mental Health Weekly Digest. October 27, 2025; p 662.
  • Jun, S. et al. (2025). Effectiveness of the Ipe-sim Based Dementia Management (Ipe-sdm) Program On Community-dwelling Elders for Nursing and Medical Students. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 106.

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