Art and Alzheimer dementia
A museum experience for patients may benefit medical students
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In this issue of Neurology®, Roberts and Noble1 describe a pilot study of an intervention designed to change medical students' perceptions of dementia by having students participate in a museum-based arts program for persons with dementia and their caregivers in New York City. In a single 90-minute session, preclerkship students joined 6–10 pairs of patients with dementia and caregivers (one student per group) for their activities, including responding to art works in galleries and creating art in the studio. On pretests and post-tests using the Dementia Attitude Scale (DAS), the 20 students in this study experienced positive changes in their attitudes toward dementia, with greatest gains in their comfort level.
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