Online education in palliative care - A national exploratory multimethod study.

Autor: Hagelin CL; Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 171 77, Sweden. carina.lundh@ki.se.; Department of Health Care Sciences, Marie Cederschiöld University, Stockholm, Box 11189, 100 61, Sweden. carina.lundh@ki.se., Melin-Johansson C; Department of Nursing, MidSweden University, Östersund, 831 25, Sweden., Österlind J; Department of Health Care Sciences, Marie Cederschiöld University, Stockholm, Box 11189, 100 61, Sweden., Bisholt B; Department of Healthcare Sciences, Swedish Red Cross University, Huddinge, Box 1059, 141 57, Sweden., Pusa S; Department of Health Care Sciences, Marie Cederschiöld University, Stockholm, Box 11189, 100 61, Sweden.; Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, 901 87, Sweden.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC palliative care [BMC Palliat Care] 2024 Dec 16; Vol. 23 (1), pp. 283. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Dec 16.
DOI: 10.1186/s12904-024-01615-z
Abstrakt: Background: With an increased number of people living with multiple progressive diseases, online education courses have been created to address the growing need for competence in palliative care. However, there is limited knowledge about the form and content of these courses, or of participants' experiences. This study aims to map the status, content, and evaluation of online palliative care courses in Sweden.
Methods: This exploratory study used both quantitative and qualitative methods. The study process involved searching for online palliative care courses on the web and through contact with Swedish palliative care organisations, and then participating in these courses, surveying education providers, and analysing and validating responses. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics, while thematic analysis was applied to the free-text responses.
Results: Nine online courses provided by five different organisations were mapped. These courses educated over 30 000 healthcare professionals, predominantly assistant nurses and registered nurses. There was a large discrepancy between the number of people who enrolled in and the number who completed the online courses. Shortcomings identified related to lack of systematic evaluation from the participants' perspectives, if and how knowledge was integrated into clinical practice, and difficulties in making the courses sustainable.
Conclusion: Overarching and national systems for online education are needed. These would require sustainability considerations and guidelines for implementation, evaluation and follow-up of non-university-based online educational initiatives in palliative care. In addition, it is crucial for employers to support professionals undergoing such education, ensuring that they are given opportunities to share their feelings and discuss any challenging thoughts that arise during and after the course.
Competing Interests: Declarations. Human ethics and consent to participate: Permission from Ethical Review Authority was not obtained as this is not a clinical trial and we did not collect sensitive personal data that could be traced back to an individual, nor did we collect data on patients. This means that no intervention was carried out on a research subject or other intervention as specified in Sect. 4 of the Swedish Ethical Review Act. There will be no processing of personal data as specified in Sect. 3 in the same Ethical Review Act. Considering this, the study is not covered by the provisions of permissions from the Swedish Ethical Review Authority. However, this study was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration for Human Research and the International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) guidance on Good Clinical Practice (GCP). Written information was given to the online education providers regarding the study purpose and that the provision of information was voluntary. Written consent was obtained from the online education provider who shared their evaluating data. These were data collected by the education providers from the online course participants and were anonymous, i.e., neither the education provider nor the research team had access to any personal identification information. Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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