Engaging Health and Aged Care Workers in Rural and Remote Australia Around Factors Impacting Their Access to and Participation in Dementia Training
, Jessica Valentine 2, Kira Gusterson 3, Katrina P. Fyfe 2,4, Alex Beilby 5,6, John A. Woods 2, Myles Clarkson Fletcher 7, Pascale Dettwiller 8 and Kathryn W. Fitzgerald 1
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsI would strongly encourage you to make recommended revisions. It is an interesting and timely study.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThe topic of dementia education for rural primary care and direct care staff is important.
The authors survey healthcare workers utilizing facilitated focus group roundtables.
The manuscript would be greatly improved by providing short tables: healthcare workers and disciplines, key issues, topics, and general outline of the roundtables and processes used.
The authors should describe how they collated the data from the focus groups and organized it into themes. A table of the major themes would also be helpful.
The narrative throughout the manuscript is very conversational. A more concise description of the results highlighted tables will help greatly to clarify both the results as well as the discussion.
As an implementation presentation, a table of lessons learned or implementation barriers would also be helpful.
The conclusion should be short with a concise listing of specific findings and recommendations for future iterations of the program.
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThe authors are in substantial compliance with reviewer recommendations.
