Delirium Café: interactive learning to enhance delirium care

Eur Geriatr Med. 2020 Feb;11(1):113-116. doi: 10.1007/s41999-019-00283-0. Epub 2020 Jan 10.

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of Delirium Café was to try a new learning method to increase awareness of delirium and improve delirium care in an acute hospital setting in Helsinki, Finland.

Method: World Café-an active learning method, with four facilitators and four stations covering important aspects of delirium recognition and management, was used.

Results: 22 junior doctors and 4 members of the senior staff participated in the event on 13th of March 2019, the World Delirium Awareness Day (WDAD). Nobody dropped out during the 1 h training. Feedback on the educational method was positive.

Conclusion: Delirium Café seems to be both feasible and applicable as a new interactive-learning method in postgraduate medical teaching.

Keywords: Delirium; Education; Geriatrics; World cafe.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Delirium* / diagnosis
  • Feedback
  • Humans
  • Medical Staff, Hospital
  • Problem-Based Learning
  • Simulation Training*