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About Delirium Academy

Delirium Academy provides free education about delirium for healthcare professionals, care staff and students worldwide.

What you will find here

Each module covers a topic in delirium care, with explanations, clinical examples and supporting resources. At the end, you can try a short test and read an explanation of each answer.

The Academy is intended for anyone learning about, recognising or caring for adults with delirium across health and care settings. Individual modules identify any setting-specific limits.

Using the teaching in your setting

Start with Delirium in 30, then choose further modules relevant to your work. New to healthcare provides optional preparation for staff unfamiliar with healthcare terms. Apply the teaching within your professional role and the clinical, medicines and legal requirements where you practise. The Resources page identifies guidance from different countries and care settings.

For staff induction, student teaching or a team discussion, use the guide for educators and institutions.

Free access and future development

All materials currently published on Delirium Academy are free. You do not need to register, create an account or provide an email address.

Completion certificates

After meeting a module’s assessment requirements and reviewing the answer feedback, learners can enter their name and print or save a certificate. The name is entered locally in the browser. Certificates record completion of the online learning; they do not verify identity, assess clinical competence or provide formal CPD accreditation. Educators can use their usual processes to record completion and assess practical skills.

Clinical authorship and review

Clinical content has been reviewed by Professor Alasdair MacLullich, a practising consultant geriatrician and Professor of Geriatric Medicine. His personal website, University profile, publication record and ORCID record provide further information about his clinical and academic work.

Each module gives its scope, version, review date and main sources. Clinical statements are checked against recent peer-reviewed research and authoritative guidance. References link to PubMed or the original guidance so readers can examine the source directly.

Review dates and schedule: the earlier causes, distress and persistent delirium modules record source checks on 8 August 2026, with formal review due by 8 August 2027 or sooner if guidance changes. Delirium in 30, New to healthcare, safety and the educator resources record source checks and language review on 20 September 2026. Communication and 4AT teaching have their own release information. Clinical review, source checks, publication and interface updates are recorded separately. Material corrections are made as soon as they are confirmed.

Corrections and feedback: please use the contact details on the University of Edinburgh profile.

How the materials were produced

AI tools assisted with source organisation, wording, design and the development of teaching materials. Professor MacLullich reviewed the clinical content and is responsible for the published material.

The short simulated teaching scenes use AI-generated video and do not show real patients or staff. Captions and transcripts support the teaching. Linked interviews and personal accounts are credited to their original sources. The illustrated cases are examples for learning.

Using the educational material

The teaching supports professional learning and clinical judgement. Care decisions need assessment of the individual person, with current clinical and medicines guidance, local procedures and the law where you practise. Work within your role and training. Acute deterioration requires urgent clinical assessment and the relevant emergency response.

Independence and licensing

Delirium Academy has no adverts, sponsorship, industry involvement or external funding. Unless otherwise stated, original educational text is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Third-party resources, including the 4AT, retain their own terms.