End-of-Life Communication Education Program for Internal Medicine Residents

Reliability and Validity of the Pediatric Palliative Care Questionnaire for Measuring Self-Efficacy, Knowledge, and Adequacy of Prior Medical Education among Pediatric Fellows

“…With the goal of creating a generalizable survey, we adapted previously used palliative care surveys 12,[17][18][19] into one provisional survey which consisted of: 23 questions concerning comfort with palliative care topics (self-efficacy), such as conducting a family meeting and controlling symptoms when a patient is dying 10 knowledge questions on pediatric palliative care, communication, and symptom management 8 questions about the adequacy of prior medical education in pediatric palliative care and symptom management A demographic questionnaire to ascertain the number of hours of prior education, types of education received, and number of pertinent patient/ family encounters A panel of three physicians and one psychologist with expertise in palliative care, one physician/simulation expert, and two medical education scholars reviewed and critiqued format, survey domains, and individual questions. Format and questions were revised and a final consensus on the PPCQ was reached (available in supplementary material).…”

Development and Evaluation of a Program to Strengthen First Year Residents’ Proficiency in Leading End-of-Life Discussions

“…All program materials including standardized patient guidelines, lecture materials, clinical vignettes, checklists, and pretest and posttests are available through MedEdPortal. 28 Baseline assessment. A baseline assessment of each resident's proficiency in end-of-life communication was obtained through a 15-minute simulated encounter with the spouse of a dying patient.…”