Decision-making capacity assessment education.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

As the elderly population and associated number of persons with dementia increase, so does the need for decision-making capacity assessments (DMCAs). Many healthcare professionals (HCPs), however, do not feel prepared to conduct DMCAs. We have provided 4-h DMCA workshops to HCPs since 2006 and offered physicians either a 3-h or 2-day DMCA workshop from 2013 to present. We evaluated the effectiveness of the workshops on self-reported key concepts of capacity.

Design

Pre-/post-test design.

Setting

DMCA workshops for physicians across Canada and HCPs within Alberta.

Participants

Two hundred and eighty-one physicians and 835 HCPs.

Measurements

Pre-/post-workshop ratings on level of comfort with and understanding of 15 core DMCA concepts

SUBMITTER: Charles L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8247986 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature