Emergency Medicine Resident Education in Palliative Care: A Needs Assessment
| Autor: | Amy Pound, Monali Patel, Sangetta Lamba, Anne C. Mosenthal, Joseph G. Rella, Thomas Driscoll |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Palliative care Modalities business.industry Resident education Subspecialty Hospice and palliative medicine Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Family medicine Emergency medicine Needs assessment medicine Neurology (clinical) business Competence (human resources) Curriculum General Nursing |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 39:333-334 |
| ISSN: | 0885-3924 |
| Popis: | Background: Hospice and Palliative Medicine is a newly designated subspecialty of Emergency Medicine (EM). As yet, no well defined palliative care (PC) models for education or training exist. A needs assessment is the first step towards developing a curriculum. Goal: To characterize emergency physicians' (EP) perceived educational and formal training needs for PC related skills. Methods: All EM residents and faculty of one academic facility were asked to complete an anonymous needs-assessment survey. Participants were asked to rank statements related to attitudes about PC and rate their formal training and knowledge in 10 aspects of PC using a 5-point Likert-scale. EPs also ranked 4 learning modalities in order of preference and 12 PC educational topics in order of perceived importance in an EM curriculum. Results: Ninety-three percent (42/45) of eligible participants completed the survey (28 residents, 14 faculty). Respondents agreed/strongly agreed that PC skills are an important competence for... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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