Training an infectious disease unit in palliative care during and post COVID-19: a qualitative longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To understand palliative care needs and their changes perceived by health professionals (HPs) of the Infectious Diseases Unit who participated in palliative care (PC) intensive training during the pandemic and behind/during the pandemic and one year after the outbreak.

Methods

A longitudinal qualitative study. Thematic analysis and meaning shift were two months after training to one year. This specific thematic approach enabled the researchers to fully understand the experiences of the HPs after they participated in the intensive PC training program during the pandemic. Participant validation meeting with the ward's staff one year after the end of the course was performed. The two last validation meetings were used as a triangulation source to plan the new educati

SUBMITTER: Alquati S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11521919 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature