Communication skills training in advance care planning: a survey among medical students at the University of Antwerp.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Palliative care (PC) is a strongly emerging discipline worldwide. Despite efforts to integrate this important topic in the medical curriculum in Belgium, still little time is spent on PC and its implementation during theoretical and practical training.

Materials & methods

We had two cohorts of second master's year MD students at the University of Antwerp complete a survey compromising a custom-built PC knowledge test and a self-confidence assessment of communicative skills used in end-of-life conversations. We evaluated students' self-confidence regarding end-of-life-conversations before and after a PC training program. We also explored whether the PC classes enabled the students to adequately reflect on factors that might influence end-of-life conversations with

SUBMITTER: van de Wiel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9428387 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature