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DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE COURSE AS A TOOL TO TEACH DEMENTIA MANAGEMENT FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DOCTORS

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Introduction: Due to the progressive aging of the population and the exponential increase in the number of elder people, it became urgent that health professionals are able to manage the main diseases that affect this population, especially dementia in its most varied etiologies. Objectives :This work aimed to build a virtual educational technology in the form of a basic course in the management of elderly patients with dementia for Primary Health Care physicians, using an active methodological proposal. Methods and Results: This is a methodological study. The construction of the tool was divided into 3 phases. In December 2021, the first phase of the study began with a review of the literature in health databases.The next phase consisted in the elaboration of the course project with the pedagogical planning. In the third phase, the educational technology for the dementia management course was developed with an active methodological proposal using strategies such as storytelling, role play, interactive activities (multiple choice questions, clinical cases, images, videos, quizzes , memory game) and short expository video classes. The material prepared was then inserted and made available in a virtual environment with publication of the material on the Moodle platform at the electronic address:“cursodeemencia.net”. Conclusion: It is believed that the course developed is an adequate strategy for the improvement of health professionals in primary care, whose potential to change the health situation of the population is still underused and it is expected that it will result in the improvement of care provided to the elderly population under your care.