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About Delirium Academy
Delirium Academy is a growing collection of free delirium education for healthcare professionals, care staff and students.
What you will find here
The Academy brings together short, practical modules about delirium. The collection will grow over time. Each module focuses on a defined topic and combines teaching materials, supporting resources in a range of formats and a self-test with feedback at the end.
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.
Current module: Introduction to delirium Recognition, assessment, prevention, first actions, communication and recovery, followed by ten formative questions.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.
At this stage, Delirium Academy is an informal collection of educational resources and is not intended to provide formal certification or accredited CPD recognition. Optional registration and certificate delivery may be introduced later; these features are under development.
Created by Professor Alasdair MacLullich
Delirium Academy was created by Professor Alasdair MacLullich, Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, Consultant Physician and co-developer of the 4AT.
University of Edinburgh profile · Research Explorer profile · ORCID record
His affiliations are given for identification only. Delirium Academy is an independent personal project, not an official NHS or University of Edinburgh website.
Editorial approach
The modules are clinically authored and source-checked against authoritative guidance. Each published module states its scope, version and principal sources. Content will be reviewed and updated as the Academy develops.
The modules are designed to support continuing professional learning and practical application across health and care settings.
Corrections and feedback: please use the contact details on the University of Edinburgh profile. The current site content was last reviewed on 21 July 2026.
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.
Privacy in the current module
No learner account is required. Names, answers and scores used in the Introduction to delirium module are processed only in the current browser page and are not sent to or stored by Delirium Academy. Hosting and security services may retain ordinary access logs, but these do not contain quiz answers or the name entered on the completion record.