Online learning in palliative care education of undergraduate medical students: a realist synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although training in palliative care (PC) is increasingly frequent in medical schools, some barriers still hamper the design and implementation of effective educational programs. Information Technology-based distance learning (IT-DL) might contribute to the development of appropriate knowledge on PC in students, but it is still not clear how to best develop such curricula and how to deliver methodologically sound learning activities, allowing students to work on the complex skills required in PC.

Objectives

To describe how internet-based education can be used in undergraduate medical PC education, in terms of realist theorization.

Design

A realist review was carried out, producing a framework - or, in the terms of a realist review, a theory - focusing on fi

SUBMITTER: Martucci G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11806482 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature