How effective is undergraduate palliative care teaching for medical students? A systematic literature review.

ABSTRACT: Palliative care is central to the role of all clinical doctors. There is variability in the amount and type of teaching about palliative care at undergraduate level. Time allocated for such teaching within the undergraduate medical curricula remains scarce. Given this, the effectiveness of palliative care teaching needs to be known.

Objectives

To evaluate the effectiveness of palliative care teaching for undergraduate medical students.

Design

A systematic review was prepared according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidance. Screening, data extraction and quality assessment (mixed methods and Cochrane risk of bias tool) were performed in duplicate.

Data sources

Embase, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Web of Science, ClinicalTrials.gov, Coc

SUBMITTER: Boland JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7482461 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature