Virtual Geritalk: Improving Serious Illness Communication of Clinicians Who Care for Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Context

High quality communication is essential to older adults' medical decision-making, quality of life, and adjustment to serious illness. Studies have demonstrated that Geritalk, a two day (16 hours total) in-person communication skills training improves self-assessed preparedness, skill acquisition, and sustained practice of communication skills. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Geritalk was adapted to a virtual format (four days, 10 hours total).

Objectives

Our study evaluated the change in participants' self-assessed preparedness for serious illness communication before and after the virtual course and satisfaction with the course, and compared these findings to responses from a prior in-person Geritalk course.

Methods

Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine fellows at

SUBMITTER: Frydman JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8380266 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature