What is it about?
This study examined the effect of using the Virtual Dementia Tour (VDT) on training empathy and clinical skills in SLP students working in dementia care. The study had two parts. The first part included running VDT in a standardized way to increase student understanding and empathy for living with dementia. The second part included environmental modifications and compensatory strategies to support the successful completion of tasks within VDT. This simulation appears to be a viable way to increase SLP students' empathy and clinical skills in working with people with dementia.
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Why is it important?
This simulation appears to be a viable way to increase SLP students' empathy and clinical skills in working with people with dementia. This has positive implications for SLP student training.
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This page is a summary of: Building Empathy and Clinical Intervention Skills in Dementia Care Through an Experiential Simulation, Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, April 2025, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),
DOI: 10.1044/2025_persp-24-00182.
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