- Title
- Palliative care education and its effectiveness: a systematic review
- Creator
- Li, Wendy; Chhabra, Jasleen; Singh, Smita.
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/197528
- Identifier
- vital:18882
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.02.033
- Identifier
- ISSN:0033-3506 1476-5616
- Abstract
- Palliative care education (PCE) is an important public health approach to palliative care and is crucial to improving its utilisation. The present study aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of PCE and its effectiveness. A systematic review approach, including narrative synthesis, was used to review qualitative and quantitative studies published in the English language between January 1969 and January 2019, focussing on PCE programs. Thirty-nine research studies were included in the systematic review. The target audience of the included studies were mostly healthcare professionals, followed by family caregivers. Definitions of death and palliative care, symptom management and communication were leading themes in the reviewed PCE programs. The educational resources used in PCE programs were mainly self-developed teaching materials, with some programs utilising eLearning resources. The included PCE programs were effective in improving knowledge, attitude and confidence in palliative care and the satisfaction of participant learning experience. PCE is a useful tool to improve knowledge of, confidence in and attitudes towards palliative care amongst healthcare professionals and carers. To make palliative care a public health issue, PCE should be expanded to the public and policy-makers.
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Relation
- Public Health Vol. 194, no. (2021), p. 96-108
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright Elsevier
- Subject
- Attitudes; Caregivers; Clinical medicine; Death; Distance learning; Education; Educational materials; Effectiveness; End of life; English language; Family caregivers; General & internal medicine; Health care; Health policy & services; Health professionals; Health services; Medical and health sciences; Medical personnel; Narrative; Nursing; Other medical science; Palliation; Palliative care; Palliative care knowledge; Policy making; Professionals; Psychology; Public health; Public health education; Quantitative analysis; Reviews; Satisfaction; Symptom management; Systematic review; Target audience; Teaching; 4202 Epidemiology; 4203 Health services and systems
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