Medical Students’ Perceptions of Dementia after Participation in Poetry Workshop with People with Dementia

Table 2

Secondary themes abstracted from postintervention semistructured qualitative interviews.

1	Medical students harbored the stereotype of ADRD patients as “agitated” prior to poetry intervention
2	Recognition that will care for elderly regardless of subspecialty
3	Workshop increased confidence and comfort with interacting with ADRD patients
4	After participating in poetry intervention consider using as a prescribed therapeutic modality
5	Saw the poetry intervention as a fun, happy, and positive experience way to learn

Secondary theme: ≥4 out of 11 participants supported theme with verbatim quotes from transcribed semistructured interview.