Table 1.

Overview of the VR Dementia-friendly Educational Program

Module #	Content Details	Time (min)
1	Simulation	5
	Displaying a fictional situation in which people living with dementia is in trouble, participants discuss their opinions on how they react.
2	Short film (unfriendly scenario)
	Viewing a story about a female person living with dementia, participants contemplate her background and the responses of surrounding people.	10
3	VR film (unfriendly scenario)	5
	Participants experience a perspective of a female person living with dementia to feel her emotions and the responses of surrounding people.
4	Discussion (1)	5
	Participants exchange their impressions after experiencing VR films and viewing short films with an unfriendly scenario.
5	Lecture (1)	20
	A lecture provides relevant information on dementia (e.g., types, causes, symptoms, and prevention).
6	VR film (friendly scenario)	5
	Participants learn good responses and perceive a positive emotional change in people living with dementia through a comparison between the scenarios.
7	Short film (friendly scenario)	10
	Participants find the differences in emotions of people living with dementia and surrounding people’s responses between the two scenarios.
8	Lecture (2)	15
	A lecture provides relevant information (e.g., treatment, public service, and correct communication) by linking to VR and short films.
9	Discussion (2)	15
	Participants take part in a role-playing game allocated to the short films’ characters and discuss how to support people living with dementia in the community and cooperate with other characters from their own positions.

Notes: VR = virtual reality.

All the program components were developed and integrated based on the principle of Instructional Design.