Background there is little research on preferences in students and newly qualified healthcare professionals for working with people with dementia. Understanding the development of these preferences can help inform strategies to increase workforce capacity in response to current suboptimal dementia care and the increasing numbers of people with dementia. Objective to explore the factors that influence career preferences in relation to working with people with dementia. Specifically, to understand how these factors relate to early career doctors’ and nurses’ preferences and how they influence decisions and perspectives on their careers. Methods qualitative in-depth interviews were conducted with 27 newly qualified doctors and nurses within 2 years of graduation. This included a subset of participants that had taken part in a dementia educational intervention during their undergraduate training. Transcripts were analysed using grounded theory methods. Results the results present six main categories representing complex interlinked factors influencing preferences for working with people with dementia as well as exploring the definition of a career working with people with dementia. The factors include the importance of making a difference; seeing dementia care as a different type of care; its perceived alignment with personal characteristics; perceptions of people with dementia; care environments and career characteristics. Discussion this is the first study to explore the factors influencing preferences for working with people with dementia in newly qualified healthcare professionals. It provides useful data to inform workforce planning, and curriculum and practice development to stimulate interest and drive improved quality of care.

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新合格医疗保健专业人员与痴呆症患者合作的偏好：一项定性研究

背景 很少有关于学生和新获得资格的医疗保健专业人员与痴呆症患者一起工作的偏好的研究。了解这些偏好的发展有助于制定战略，以提高劳动力能力，以应对当前不理想的痴呆症护理和越来越多的痴呆症患者。目的探讨影响与痴呆症患者一起工作的职业偏好的因素。具体来说，要了解这些因素如何与早期职业医生和护士的偏好相关，以及它们如何影响他们的职业决策和观点。方法对27名毕业2年内新入职医生和护士进行定性深度访谈。这包括在本科培训期间参加过痴呆症教育干预的一部分参与者。使用扎根的理论方法分析成绩单。结果 结果显示了六个主要类别，代表了复杂的相互关联的因素，这些因素影响了与痴呆症患者一起工作的偏好以及探索与痴呆症患者一起工作的职业的定义。这些因素包括发挥作用的重要性；将痴呆症护理视为不同类型的护理；它与个人特征的感知一致；对痴呆症患者的看法；护理环境和职业特点。讨论 这是第一项探讨影响新合格医疗保健专业人员与痴呆症患者合作偏好的因素的研究。