Interdisciplinary Education: Evaluation of a Palliative Care Training Intervention for Pre-professionals

Fineberg, Iris Cohen; Wenger, Neil S.; Forrow, Lachlan

doi:10.1097/00001888-200408000-00012

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“…Current literature on interprofessional education and learning about dying was used to structure the discussion on the design of the workshop. This included literature on the benefits and challenges of interprofessional education at an undergraduate level in addition to articles on the teaching terminal care (Barnard et al 1999;Small 2001;Dickenson et al 2003;Torke et al 2004;Olthuis & Dekkers 2003;Smith 2002;Winter et al 2003;Fineberg et al 2004;Pollard et al 2004;Oandansan & Reeves 2005a, 2005bHind et al 2003).…”

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The different levels of learning about dying and death: an evaluation of a personal, professional and interprofessional learning journey

et al. 2007

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Background: Although dying and death are common in practice, medical and social work students receive limited teaching on this topic. In addition, they have minimal experience of each others' role in the process, yet respecting the roles of other professionals in this delicate area is paramount to the delivery of high standards of care. In an attempt to address this, a pilot interprofessional 3 hour dying and death workshop was developed for senior social work and medical students using a constructivist approach to explore their own personal, uniprofessional and interprofessional roles in the dying and death process. Methods: An expert group of health care professionals designed the workshop through an iterative process. The participants evaluated the workshop in relation to the levels of their learning journey at two time points using a combination of Likert scales and free text. Results: An afternoon workshop was created comprising a trigger exercise to ascertain the students' own feelings, simulation of the practical aspects relating to a patient's death (confirmation of death, death certification and last offices), and discussion about the grief process, followed by case studies to consolidate their learning and highlight the interprofessional aspect. Eleven final year social work students and 14 medical students in their fourth year took part. Participants felt they gained most from the interprofessional aspect of their learning journey and suggested other topics for interprofessional learning. All students would recommend the workshop to their colleagues. Conclusions: This undergraduate interprofessional pilot dying and death workshop was well received and enabled learning on three levels-personal, professional and interprofessional. It promoted a greater understanding of the role of each student's own profession and appreciation of the role of other professionals in the dying and death process.

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The different levels of learning about dying and death: an evaluation of a personal, professional and interprofessional learning journey

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“…The ultimate goal of palliative care is to help patients meet death peacefully, which involves supporting patients to accept death as a process of life and to pursue the meaning of death with positive attitudes [1]. Palliative care comprises an integrated, multidisciplinary collaboration among patients, their families, health professionals, and the general public [2]. A nurse is a health professional who plays the most important role in providing palliative care for terminally ill patients.…”

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Death Anxiety and Communication Apprehension with the Dying among Nursing Students

Kim¹,

Kim²,

Yeun³

2015

Advanced Science and Technology Letters

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Abstract. This study aims to investigate the casual relationship among death anxiety and communication apprehension with the dying among nursing students. A survey was conducted on 141 students studying in G University in South Korea and this study analyzed the data from the questionnaire with SPSS Windows 18.0. The mean of death anxiety was 3.36±0.33. The mean of communication apprehension with the dying was 3.28±0.32. There was a statistically significant and positive correlation between death anxiety and communication apprehension with the dying (r=.54, p=.000). It has important implications in that this study forms proper attitudes toward palliative care; and provides basic data for the vitalization of the palliative care.

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“…9 Second, interprofessional curricula may improve future professional socialization and promote the mutual respect and understanding needed to work effectively as a team after training. [10][11][12][13] When creating interprofessional curricula, medical educators must select topics that cut across all health professional schools. Health policy is one such interprofessional topic that is often neglected in many curricula.…”

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Peer-to-Peer Interprofessional Health Policy Education for Medicare Part D

Lipton

Lai

Cutler

et al. 2010

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objectives. To determine whether a peer-to-peer education program was an expedient and effective approach to improve knowledge and promote interprofessional communication and collaboration. Design. Trained pharmacy students taught nursing students, medical students, and medical residents about the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit (Part D), in 1-to 2-hour lectures. Assessment. Learners completed a survey instrument to assess the effectiveness of the presentation and their attitudes toward the peer-to-peer instructional format. Learners strongly or somewhat agreed that the peer-to-peer format was effective in providing Part D education (99%) and promoted interprofessional collaboration (100%). Qualitative data highlighted the program's clinical relevance, value in promoting interprofessional collaboration, and influence on changing views about the roles and contributions of pharmacists. Conclusion. The Part D peer educator program is an innovative way to disseminate contemporary health policy information rapidly, while fostering interprofessional collaboration.

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Interdisciplinary Education: Evaluation of a Palliative Care Training Intervention for Pre-professionals

Cited by 69 publications

References 29 publications

The different levels of learning about dying and death: an evaluation of a personal, professional and interprofessional learning journey

The different levels of learning about dying and death: an evaluation of a personal, professional and interprofessional learning journey

Death Anxiety and Communication Apprehension with the Dying among Nursing Students

Peer-to-Peer Interprofessional Health Policy Education for Medicare Part D

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