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Palliative Care e-Learning for Physicians Caring for Critically Ill and Dying Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Outcome Evaluation with Self-Assessed Knowledge and Attitude

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the care of critically ill and dying patients in isolation wards, intensive care units (ICUs), and regular wards was severely impaired. In order to support physicians in communicative and palliative care skills, an e-learning tool was developed as part of the joint proj...

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Autores principales: Schwartz, Jacqueline, Schallenburger, Manuela, Tenge, Theresa, Batzler, Yann-Nicolas, Schlieper, Daniel, Kindgen-Milles, Detlef, Meier, Stefan, Niegisch, Günter, Karger, André, Roderburg, Christoph, Neukirchen, Martin
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9564513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231676
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912377
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author Schwartz, Jacqueline
Schallenburger, Manuela
Tenge, Theresa
Batzler, Yann-Nicolas
Schlieper, Daniel
Kindgen-Milles, Detlef
Meier, Stefan
Niegisch, Günter
Karger, André
Roderburg, Christoph
Neukirchen, Martin
author_facet Schwartz, Jacqueline
Schallenburger, Manuela
Tenge, Theresa
Batzler, Yann-Nicolas
Schlieper, Daniel
Kindgen-Milles, Detlef
Meier, Stefan
Niegisch, Günter
Karger, André
Roderburg, Christoph
Neukirchen, Martin
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description During the COVID-19 pandemic, the care of critically ill and dying patients in isolation wards, intensive care units (ICUs), and regular wards was severely impaired. In order to support physicians in communicative and palliative care skills, an e-learning tool was developed as part of the joint project “Palliative Care in Pandemic Times” (PallPan). This study investigates the feasibility of this e-learning tool. Secondly, we aim to analyze changes in knowledge and attitude upon completion of the e-learning tool. A 38-item questionnaire-based evaluation study with assessment of global and specific outcomes including ICU and non-ICU physicians was performed. In total, 24 questionnaires were included in the anonymous analysis. Feasibility was confirmed by a very high rate of overall satisfaction (94% approval), with relevance reaching 99% approval. Overall, we detected high gains in knowledge and noticeably lower gains on the attitude plane, with the highest gain in naming reasons for incorporating palliative care. The lowest learning gain on the attitude plane was observed when the participants were confronted with their own mortality. This study shows that e-learning is a feasible tool for gaining knowledge and even changing the attitudes of physicians caring for critically ill and dying patients in a self-assessment evaluation.
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spelling pubmed-95645132022-10-15 Palliative Care e-Learning for Physicians Caring for Critically Ill and Dying Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Outcome Evaluation with Self-Assessed Knowledge and Attitude Schwartz, Jacqueline Schallenburger, Manuela Tenge, Theresa Batzler, Yann-Nicolas Schlieper, Daniel Kindgen-Milles, Detlef Meier, Stefan Niegisch, Günter Karger, André Roderburg, Christoph Neukirchen, Martin Int J Environ Res Public Health Article During the COVID-19 pandemic, the care of critically ill and dying patients in isolation wards, intensive care units (ICUs), and regular wards was severely impaired. In order to support physicians in communicative and palliative care skills, an e-learning tool was developed as part of the joint project “Palliative Care in Pandemic Times” (PallPan). This study investigates the feasibility of this e-learning tool. Secondly, we aim to analyze changes in knowledge and attitude upon completion of the e-learning tool. A 38-item questionnaire-based evaluation study with assessment of global and specific outcomes including ICU and non-ICU physicians was performed. In total, 24 questionnaires were included in the anonymous analysis. Feasibility was confirmed by a very high rate of overall satisfaction (94% approval), with relevance reaching 99% approval. Overall, we detected high gains in knowledge and noticeably lower gains on the attitude plane, with the highest gain in naming reasons for incorporating palliative care. The lowest learning gain on the attitude plane was observed when the participants were confronted with their own mortality. This study shows that e-learning is a feasible tool for gaining knowledge and even changing the attitudes of physicians caring for critically ill and dying patients in a self-assessment evaluation. MDPI 2022-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9564513/ /pubmed/36231676 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912377 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Schwartz, Jacqueline
Schallenburger, Manuela
Tenge, Theresa
Batzler, Yann-Nicolas
Schlieper, Daniel
Kindgen-Milles, Detlef
Meier, Stefan
Niegisch, Günter
Karger, André
Roderburg, Christoph
Neukirchen, Martin
Palliative Care e-Learning for Physicians Caring for Critically Ill and Dying Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Outcome Evaluation with Self-Assessed Knowledge and Attitude
title Palliative Care e-Learning for Physicians Caring for Critically Ill and Dying Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Outcome Evaluation with Self-Assessed Knowledge and Attitude
title_full Palliative Care e-Learning for Physicians Caring for Critically Ill and Dying Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Outcome Evaluation with Self-Assessed Knowledge and Attitude
title_fullStr Palliative Care e-Learning for Physicians Caring for Critically Ill and Dying Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Outcome Evaluation with Self-Assessed Knowledge and Attitude
title_full_unstemmed Palliative Care e-Learning for Physicians Caring for Critically Ill and Dying Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Outcome Evaluation with Self-Assessed Knowledge and Attitude
title_short Palliative Care e-Learning for Physicians Caring for Critically Ill and Dying Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Outcome Evaluation with Self-Assessed Knowledge and Attitude
title_sort palliative care e-learning for physicians caring for critically ill and dying patients during the covid-19 pandemic: an outcome evaluation with self-assessed knowledge and attitude
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9564513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231676
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912377
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