Instruments used to measure the effectiveness of palliative care education initiatives at the undergraduate level: a critical literature review

Frey, Rosemary; Gott, Merryn; Neil, Hayley

doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000306

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“…There was a significant improvement in the overall palliative care knowledge base of this student group after the course. This finding supports findings from previous studies that palliative care education is beneficial in improving the palliative care knowledge of preregistration nursing students [4][5]22].…”

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Impact of a Palliative Care Course on Pre-Registration Nursing Students’ Palliative Care Knowledge

Bassah¹

2019

CAJPH

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In resource-poor settings some preregistration nursing curricula, do not include any palliative care content, and practising nurses, both newly graduated and student nurses have limited knowledge about palliative care. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a palliative care course on Cameroonian preregistration nursing students' palliative care knowledge. The study employed a longitudinal quasi-experimental pretest/posttest design. A 30 hours classroom based palliative care course, underpinned by the experiential learning theory was delivered to second and third year nursing students in a University in Cameroon. An evaluation of the impact of the course on students' palliative care knowledge was conducted via a pretest/posttest survey. Data was analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The study revealed very poor palliative care knowledge among preregistration nursing students, with a mean pretest score of 5.72/20 (Standard deviation of 2.54; Confidence Interval: 5.11-6.34). After the palliative care course there was a statistically significantly improvement in students' overall palliative care knowledge, with a posttest score of 11.36 (SD= 2.03, CI 10.85-11.87). Demographic factors like students' level in the nursing course and age were seen to be associated with students' pre-course scores (P=0.002 and 0.027 respectively), but no demographic factor was implicated in the posttest score. There is therefore a need for curriculum revision to include palliative care content in the preregistration nurse training curricula of the pilot University.

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Impact of a Palliative Care Course on Pre-Registration Nursing Students’ Palliative Care Knowledge

Bassah¹

2019

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“…While education about death, dying, hospices, and palliative care has increased in quantity and quality (Christ & Blacker, 2005;Dickinson, 2013;Frey, Gott, & Neil, 2013;Hall, Marshall, Weaver, Boyle, & Taniguchi, 2011), gaps remain in social work education (Becerra, 2012;Otis-Green, Lucas, Spolum, Ferrell, & Grant, 2008;Reese, 2011). Literature in the last decade indicates two deficiencies in relation to palliative care: (1) passivity pervades when it comes to including the content in social work programs; and (2) the field is characterised by limits to common language, disciplinedriven turf issues, and deeply entrenched norms around hierarchy of health care provision (Forrest & Derrick, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

Social Work Student Views on Palliative Care Learning Resources

Turner

Kuyini

Agustine

et al. 2015

Australian Social Work

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Many social workers are expected to work with individuals and families who are dealing with life-limiting illnesses, yet during their university education they may not have been exposed to materials that address issues related to death and dying. The Social Work Department of University of New England in Armidale, Australia designed and delivered a palliative care teaching and learning session using publicly funded online materials. Themes emerging from questionnaire and focus group data analysis included appreciation for the importance and emotional demands of the materials, sensitivity and flexibility among educators who ideally have work experience in the field, expanding presence of social work philosophy in curriculum materials and exploring spirituality, and examining culture-informed practice in greater depth. Among the implications is the need for concerted efforts to teach about death and dying using high quality accessible materials, while ensuring social work values and approaches are reflected in the content.

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“…Attitudes regarding EoL care do not easily change with short courses, but rather require considerable curricular time 16. There is also a lack of validated tools for evaluating the effectiveness of PC education initiatives 17. It is perhaps significant that the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Care's last edition18 still has no chapter on undergraduate education, further proving the need to dedicate more research to the crucial topic of including palliative care in curricula.…”

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Does palliative care education matter to medical students? The experience of attending an undergraduate course in palliative care

Centeno

Ballesteros

Carrasco

et al. 2014

BMJ Support Palliat Care

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The subject of PC turns out to be very important to students, who almost unanimously evaluated their experience positively and highlighted the benefits of attending a PC course. Students especially reported being surprised by the humane and holistic features of the course, and they found that what they learned in the course is applicable to all patients and prepares them to work better as doctors. Participants recommend the course for all undergraduate students as a core component of the curricula.

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Instruments used to measure the effectiveness of palliative care education initiatives at the undergraduate level: a critical literature review

Abstract: The increased focus by educational institutions on instilling palliative care skills in healthcare students necessitates the development of comprehensive and validated tools to evaluate the effectiveness of education initiatives.

Cited by 37 publications

References 43 publications

Impact of a Palliative Care Course on Pre-Registration Nursing Students’ Palliative Care Knowledge

Impact of a Palliative Care Course on Pre-Registration Nursing Students’ Palliative Care Knowledge

Social Work Student Views on Palliative Care Learning Resources

Does palliative care education matter to medical students? The experience of attending an undergraduate course in palliative care

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