The Understanding Dementia MOOC was developed by the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre based in the College of Health and Medicine at the University of Tasmania. This world-leading online course is free, easily accessible and available to everyone with an interest in dementia.

To get the most out of this experience, you should expect to spend approximately 3 hours per week completing the course activities for the 7 weeks of scheduled content. The additional 3 weeks that the course is open is to allow you to catch up or revisit content.

The release of course content will occur at 9:00am (AEST) on the following dates –

  • Module 1: Orientation – 7th July, 2020
  • Module 2: The Brain – 9th July, 2020
  • Module 3: The Diseases – 23rd July, 2020
  • Module 4: The Person – 6th August, 2020
  • Module 5: Completion – 27th August, 2020

You can work through the content at any time of day and at your own pace within this release schedule. This includes revisiting earlier released content as needed.

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