Planning Training Seminars in Palliative Care: a Cross-sectional Survey on the Preferences of General Practitioners and Nurses in Austria

Overview

Journal BMC Med Educ

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Medical Education

Date 2010 Jun 15

PMID 20540757

Citations 9

Authors

Gerhild Becker

Felix Momm

Peter Deibert

Carola Xander

Annemarie Gigl

Brigitte Wagner

Johann Baumgartner

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Abstract

Background: Training in palliative care is frequently requested by health care professionals. However, little is known in detail about the subject matters and the educational preferences of physicians and staff or assistant nurses in this field.

Methods: All 897 registered GPs and all 933 registered home care nurses in the district of Steiermark/Austria were sent postal questionnaires.

Results: Results from 546 (30%) respondents revealed that GPs prefer evening courses and weekend seminars, whereas staff and assistant nurses prefer one-day courses. Multidisciplinary sessions are preferred by almost 80% of all professional groups. GPs preferred multi disciplinary groups most frequently when addressing psychosocial needs (88.8%) and ethical questions (85.8%). Staff and assistant nurses preferred multidisciplinary groups most frequently in the area of pain management (88%) and opted for multi disciplinary learning to a significantly higher extent than GPs (69%; p < 0.01). Those topics were ranked first which are not only deepening, but supplementing the professional training. On average, GPs were willing to spend a maximum amount of euro 400 per year for training seminars in palliative care, whereas nurses would spend approximately euro 190 for such classes.The results provide a detailed analysis of the preferences of GPs and nurses and offer guidance for the organisation of training seminars in palliative care.

Conclusions: Medical and nursing education programs often pursue separate paths. Yet our findings indicate that in palliative care multidisciplinary training seminars are favoured by both, doctors and nurses. Also, both groups prefer topics that are not only deepening, but supplementing their professional knowledge.

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