​The Partners in Dementia program was developed to provide opportunities for students to understand what it truly means to live with dementia - with the unique goal of eventually influencing the students’ future choices of specialty. Students are paired with a ‘patient mentor’ for a 1:1 longitudinal visitation program over the course of a year. The program empowers patients and caregivers in their ability as mentors, to impact the education of the next generation of physicians.