End-of-Life and Palliative Care Education in US Pharmacy Schools

Dickinson, George E.

doi:10.1177/1049909112457011

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“…10 Research performed with different students and health professionals showed that: nurses with education in palliative care had less difficulty talk about death and did not refer to fearing death; 20 human service students who had contact with an education about death presented a reduction in anxiety when faced with death compared to students who had no education on the subject; 21 pharmacy students, who had access to education about death through simulation in clinical skills laboratories , demonstrated a significant improvement in their attitudes towards death compared to pre-simulation and declared themselves more competent to care for patients in the process of death; and that the study of death for undergraduate pharmacy student had been of real importance and had led to curricular improvement. [22][23] Considering the cited studies, the importance of an education regarding the subject of death and dying, so that the professional is prepared to exercise his profession with quality is considered justified.…”

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Avaliação Do Perfil De Atitudes Acerca Da Morte: Estudo Com Graduandos Da Área De Saúde

Souza

Sousa

Lago

et al. 2017

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Objective: to identify the profile of attitudes towards death in undergraduate students from in the health science area.Method: a cross-sectional study performed with undergraduates from six healthcare courses of a public university in the Federal District. The Death Attitude Profile Assessment Scale and a sociodemographic questionnaire were applied.Results: a total of 1,005 students participated in the study. The neutral acceptance attitude obtained higher average scores among the undergraduate students, higher averages in the fear of death dimension are presented in younger students and lower means of avoidance of death in older students, who attended the first semester of the undergraduate course. The acceptance and approach acceptance dimensions obtained higher averages in male undergraduate students. It was observed that 59.9% of the participants had no prior experience of loss and 75.4% reported not having participated in any discussions about death or dying.Conclusion: based on the results found in the research, the need for discussions on the subject of death and dying beginning in the first semesters in undergraduate courses is reinforced, this is in order to provide a positive attitude towards death and future health professionals exercise their care in a more qualified manner DESCRIPTORS: Attitude towards death. Death. Thanatology. Grief. Students of health sciences. Resultados: participaram da pesquisa 1.005 estudantes. A atitude de aceitação neutra obteve maiores médias dentre os graduandos da amostra, médias mais elevadas na dimensão medo da morte apresentam-se em graduandos mais jovens e médias mais baixas de evitamento da morte em graduandos com maior idade, que cursavam os primeiros semestres da graduação. As dimensões aceitação de escape e religiosa obtiveram médias mais elevadas nos graduandos do sexo masculino. Observou-se que 59,9% dos participantes não tiveram experiência prévia de perda e 75,4% referiram não ter participado de discussões acerca da morte e do morrer. AVALIAÇÃO DO PERFIL DE ATITUDESConclusão: com base nos resultados encontrados na pesquisa, reforça-se a necessidade de discussões sobre a temática da morte e do morrer desde os primeiros semestres na graduação, com a finalidade de oportunizar uma atitude positiva frente à morte e o exercício de um cuidado mais qualificado entre os futuros profissionais de saúde. Método: estudio transversal realizado con graduandos de seis cursos de salud de una universidad pública del Distrito Federal. Se aplicó la Escala de Evaluación del Perfil de Actitudes Acerca de la Muerte y un cuestionario sociodemográfico. DESCRITORES:Resultados: participaron de la investigación 1005 estudiantes. La actitud de aceptación neutra obtuvo mayores promedios entre los graduandos de la muestra, las medias más elevadas en la dimensión miedo a la muerte se presentan en graduandos más jóvenes y medias más bajas de evitación de la muerte en graduandos con mayor edad, que cursaban los primeros semestres de la graduación. Las dimensiones aceptadas de escape ...

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Avaliação Do Perfil De Atitudes Acerca Da Morte: Estudo Com Graduandos Da Área De Saúde

Souza

Sousa

Lago

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“…A 2013 survey-based study found 82% of pharmacy schools (N561 respondents, 49% response rate) reported offering palliative care or end-of-life education. 14 This was a small increase from a 2003 study with a similar design. 15 Both studies noted only an average of 6 hours of curriculum time devoted to this material.…”

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The Need for Palliative Care in Pharmacy Education

Pruskowski

Patel

Brazeau

2019

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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There is a growing need for palliative care pharmacists in the United States. There is also a gap in the education of palliative care for pharmacy students. To address both, pharmacy schools must develop and disseminate palliative care-focused experiences, including traditional didactic lectures, problembased learning, interactive skills, laboratory-and web-based experiences. This commentary presents the need for palliative care-focused experiences in the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree program, and how schools can take smaller steps to tackle this issue.

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“…34,35 Attesting to the importance of this topic in the training of pharmacists, the average number of didactic hours devoted to palliative care in U.S. schools of pharmacy increased from a mean of 3.89 in 2001 to 6.24 in 2012. 35,36 While 82% of responding schools reported end-of-life and palliative care topics covered within their curriculum, it remains unclear to what extent symptom management is covered within these programs.…”

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confidence: 99%