Palliative care professional education via video conference builds confidence to deliver palliative care in rural and remote locations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People living in rural and remote locations are disadvantaged in accessing palliative care. This can be attributed to several factors including the role diversity and the low numbers of patients with specific conditions, as well as the difficulties rural health practitioners have in accessing opportunities for professional education. A program of multidisciplinary palliative care video conferences was presented to health practitioners across part of northern Australia in an effort to address this problem.

Method

The educational content of the video conferences was developed from participant responses to an educational needs assessment. Following cycles of four consecutive video conferences, 101 participants completed evaluative on-line surveys. The quantitative da

SUBMITTER: Ray RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4085715 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature