Improving Serious Illness Communication: Testing the Serious Illness Care Program with Trainees
| Autor: | April Zehm, Phuong L. Nguyen, Kristen G. Schaefer, Juliet Jacobsen, Erin Scott |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Advance care planning
Adult Medical education Palliative care Students Medical Critical Care business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Medical record Communication Critical Illness education Documentation Session (web analytics) Qualitative feedback Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Medicine Humans Conversation Neurology (clinical) business Care program General Nursing media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of pain and symptom management. 63(2) |
| ISSN: | 1873-6513 |
| Popis: | Introduction Early conversations about patients’ goals and values improve care, but clinicians struggle to conduct them. The systems-based Serious Illness Care Program (SICP) helps clinicians have more, better, and earlier conversations. Central to this approach is a clinician conversation guide for patient encounters. While the SICP works for practicing clinicians, it has not been tested with medical trainees. Methods We adapted the SICP training to emphasize assessing prognostic awareness and responding to emotion. We developed a 2.5-hour SICP workshop for medical students and medical interns that included large- and small-group work, practice with an actor, and interdisciplinary clinician facilitators. We trained 81 students and 156 interns and obtained anonymous quantitative and qualitative feedback. Results Eighty-six percent of students and 91% of residents rated the session as “very good” or “excellent” and >90% of all learners would either recommend this training or intended to apply this to their practice. Post-session learner confidence increased in all communication skills. Learners said the training provided a helpful framework and useful language for these conversations. Resident documentation of serious illness conversations in the medical record increased dramatically during the year following training commencement. Discussion Grounded in principles of adult learning theory, this training was rated highly by trainees and resulted in demonstrable practice change. These early learners were more flexible and willing to try this approach than practicing clinicians who tend to resist or revert to old habits. A Guide represents a new paradigm for teaching communication skills and is valued by early learners. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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