Transforming Undergraduate Student Perceptions of Dementia through Music and Filmmaking.
Transforming Undergraduate Student Perceptions of Dementia through Music and Filmmaking.
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DOI:
10.1111/jgs.16418
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发表时间:
2020-05
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
Allison TA
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作者:
Gubner J;Smith AK;Allison TA
With nearly 6 million people living with dementia (PWD) in the U.S., there is a critical need to build an interprofessional dementia workforce. Among the novel approaches to expanding new workforce, music and the arts show promise for engaging students and trainees. In order to understand how and why the arts affect attitudes about and engagement with PWD, we examined a service-learning general education undergraduate course centering on music, filmmaking and dementia. The undergraduate course curriculum brought students to meet with PWD in dementia care settings, build personalized music playlists, co-produce short films about PWD, and write reflective essays. Two researchers independently completed inductive thematic analysis of the films, essays and course evaluations. Differences were reconciled by consensus. 52 students from three classes completed the course. 24 (46%) were health sciences majors. Three key themes emerged: 1) Music helps undergraduate students connect with people with dementia in meaningful ways; 2) Filmmaking offers students the opportunity to share unique, individualized stories about dementia and music; 3) Reflective writing integrated into the course enabled students to process their experiences. Unexpectedly, 29 students (56%) reported continued engagement with PWD in their careers, families and communities after course completion. This study identifies reproducible ways in which undergraduate arts courses thematically focused on dementia not only transform student perceptions about dementia, but change the ways in which those students choose to engage with PWD following course completion. Arts and Music Departments may represent an untapped resource for building geriatrics workforce.
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