Attitude toward end-of-life care in emergency medicine residents- can a short workshop make a difference?

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a growing demand for palliative care (PC) in Emergency departments (ED) as the number of patients who need end-of-life (EOL) care is increasing. Despite significant variability amongst residency programs, there is a lack of structured core curriculum for PC/EOL care in most emergency medicine (EM) training programs, which often do not meet the needs of EM physicians. In this study, we evaluate the effect of a short EOL care workshop on changing the attitude of Iranian EM residents towards EOL care in ED.

Method

In this prospective before/after educational study at Tehran University of medical science, we enrolled 40 EM residents using a random sampling method. We obtained demographic and practice background information, and participants underwent a half-d

SUBMITTER: Sadigh N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9833511 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature