Paediatric trainees and end-of-life care: a needs assessment for a formal educational intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Literature suggests a paucity of formal training in end-of-life care in contemporary American medical education. Similar to trainees in adult medicine, paediatric trainees are frequently involved in end-of-life cases.

Objective

To determine current experience and comfort levels among paediatric trainees when caring for dying patients with the hypothesis that more clinical experience alone would not improve comfort.

Methods

Paediatric residents, subspeciality fellows and programme directors at the University of Chicago completed a voluntary electronic needs assessment in June and July 2013. Ten question pairs determined frequency of experiencing various aspects of end-of-life care in clinical practice and comfort levels during these encounters.

Results

SUBMITTER: Arzuaga BH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4348227 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature