End-of-Life Care Education for Psychiatric Residents: Attitudes, Preparedness, and Conceptualizations of Dignity

Autor/inn/en	Tait, Glendon R.; Hodges, Brian D.
Titel	End-of-Life Care Education for Psychiatric Residents: Attitudes, Preparedness, and Conceptualizations of Dignity
Quelle	In: Academic Psychiatry, 33 (2009) 6, S.451-456 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-9670
DOI	10.1176/appi.ap.33.6.451
Schlagwörter	Curriculum Development; Death; Patients; Educational Experience; Terminal Illness; Medical Students; Graduate Medical Education; Graduate Students; Student Attitudes; Readiness; Foreign Countries; Student Surveys; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Health Services; Canada (Toronto) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Patient; Bildungserfahrung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Schülerbefragung; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen
Abstract	Objective: The authors examined psychiatric residents' attitudes, perceived preparedness, experiences, and needs in end-of-life care education. They also examined how residents conceptualized good end-of-life care and dignity. Methods: The authors conducted an electronic survey of 116 psychiatric residents at the University of Toronto. The survey had a mix of qualitative and quantitative questions. Results: Eighty-two of 116 invited psychiatric residents participated for a response rate of 71%. With favorable attitudes, residents felt least prepared in existential, spiritual, cultural, and some psychological aspects of caring for dying patients. Trainees conceptualized dignity at the end of life in a way very similar to that of patients, including concerns of the mind, body, soul, relationships, and autonomy. Residents desired more longitudinal, contextualized training, particularly in the psychosocial, existential, and spiritual aspects of care. Conclusion: This is the first study to examine the end-of-life educational experience of psychiatric residents. Despite conceptualizing quality care and the construct of dignity similarly to dying patients, psychiatric residents feel poorly prepared to deliver such care, particularly the nonphysical aspects of caring for the dying. These results will inform curriculum development in end-of-life care for psychiatric residents, a complex area now considered a core competency. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10