First Experiences with Online Last Aid Courses for Public Palliative Care Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The Last Aid course aims to teach public palliative care by increasing public awareness and empowering people about the role of the individual in the death of loved ones. The Covid-19 pandemic, however, has altered educational methods prohibiting classroom settings. Therefore, an online course was created to enable continued and safe public palliative care education. A mixed-methods study was performed to examine the feasibility of delivering the Last Aid course online. Data collection included participant questionnaires with qualitative and quantitative data, observations and a focus group discussion. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and qualitative description. In total, 15 online Last Aid courses were held, 174 participants took part in the study and 92 completed questionna

SUBMITTER: Bollig G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7914870 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature