A current issue in workforce planning is ensuring healthcare professionals are both competent and willing to work with older adults with complex needs. This includes dementia care, which is widely recognised as a priority. Yet research suggests that working with older people is unattractive to undergraduate healthcare students. The aim of this systematic review and narrative synthesis is to explore the factors related to healthcare (medical and nursing) student preferences’ for working with older people and people with dementia. Searches were conducted in five databases: MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINHAL, BNI, ERIC. Screening, data extraction and quality appraisal were conducted by two independent reviewers. A narrative, data-based convergent synthesis was conducted. One thousand twenty-four papers were screened (139 full texts) and 62 papers were included for a narrative synthesis. Factors were grouped into seven categories; student characteristics, experiences of students, course characteristics, career characteristics, patient characteristics, work characteristics and the theory of planned behaviour. Health educators should review their role in cultivating student interest in working with older adults, with consideration of student preparation and the perceived value of this work. There is a lack of evidence about the career preferences of students in relation to dementia, and this warrants further research.

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护理和医学专业学生对老年人和痴呆症患者的偏爱：系统评价

劳动力规划中的当前问题是确保医疗保健专业人员既有能力又愿意与有复杂需求的老年人一起工作。这包括痴呆症护理，这是公认的优先事项。然而，研究表明，与老年人一起工作对本科医疗专业学生没有吸引力。本系统综述和叙述性综合的目的是探讨与老年人（老年痴呆症患者）合作的医疗（医学和护理）学生偏好的相关因素。在五个数据库中进行了搜索：MEDLINE，PsycINFO，CINHAL，BNI，ERIC。筛选，数据提取和质量评估由两名独立的评审员进行。进行了叙述性的，基于数据的收敛综合。筛选了124篇论文（139篇全文），并包括62篇论文进行叙述性综合。因素分为七个类别。学生特征，学生经历，课程特征，职业特征，患者特征，工作特征和计划行为理论。健康教育者应考虑学生的准备和这项工作的感知价值，回顾其在培养学生与老年人合作的兴趣方面的作用。缺乏关于痴呆症患者的职业偏好的证据，这值得进一步研究。工作特征和计划行为理论。健康教育者应考虑学生的准备和这项工作的感知价值，回顾其在培养学生与老年人合作的兴趣方面的作用。缺乏关于痴呆症患者的职业偏好的证据，这值得进一步研究。工作特征和计划行为理论。健康教育者应考虑学生的准备和这项工作的感知价值，回顾其在培养学生与老年人合作的兴趣方面的作用。缺乏关于痴呆症患者的职业偏好的证据，这值得进一步研究。