Needs assessment of ethics and communication teaching for neonatal perinatal medicine programs in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore ethics education needs in Canadian Neonatal Perinatal Medicine (NPM) training programs.

Methods

A retrospective review of NPM trainees' performance at the National NPM Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) was undertaken for 2012 to 2017 and two distinct cross-sectional online surveys were carried out. One survey targeted recently graduated neonatologists (RGNs) who completed 2 years' training in a Canadian NPM program between 2010 and 2015; the other survey was sent to Canadian NPM training program directors (PDs). The domains of interest were: perception of education, ethics and communication topics, educational strategies, assessment of trainees' competencies, and barriers to neonatal ethics education.

Results

NPM trainees generally

SUBMITTER: Daboval T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6519660 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature