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| Title |
Palliative care education for medical students: Differences in course evolution, organisation, evaluation and funding: A survey of all UK medical schools
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| Published in |
Palliative Medicine, October 2016
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| DOI | 10.1177/0269216316671279 |
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| Authors |
Steven Walker, Jane Gibbins, Paul Paes, Astrid Adams, Madawa Chandratilake, Faye Gishen, Philip Lodge, Bee Wee, Stephen Barclay |
| Abstract |
A proportion of newly qualified doctors report feeling unprepared to manage patients with palliative care and end-of-life needs. This may be related to barriers within their institution during undergraduate training. Information is limited regarding the current organisation of palliative care teaching across UK medical schools. To investigate the evolution and structure of palliative care teaching at UK medical schools. Anonymised, web-based questionnaire. Settings/participants: Results were obtained from palliative care course organisers at all 30 UK medical schools. The palliative care course was established through active planning (13/30, 43%), ad hoc development (10, 33%) or combination of approaches (7, 23%). The place of palliative care teaching within the curriculum varied. A student-selected palliative care component was offered by 29/30 (97%). All medical schools sought student feedback. The course was reviewed in 26/30 (87%) but not in 4. Similarly, a course organiser was responsible for the palliative care programme in 26/30 but not in 4. A total of 22 respondents spent a mean of 3.9 h (median 2.5)/week in supporting/delivering palliative care education (<1-16 h). In all, 17/29 (59%) had attended a teaching course or shared duties with a colleague who had done so. Course organisers received titular recognition in 18/27 (67%; no title 9 (33%); unknown 3 (11%)). An academic department of Palliative Medicine existed in 12/30 (40%) medical schools. Funding was not universally transparent. Palliative care teaching was associated with some form of funding in 20/30 (66%). Development, organisation, course evaluation and funding for palliative care teaching at UK medical schools are variable. This may have implications for delivery of effective palliative care education for medical students. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 63 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 32 | 51% |
| United States | 4 | 6% |
| Australia | 3 | 5% |
| Canada | 3 | 5% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 2% |
| Kuwait | 1 | 2% |
| Peru | 1 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 15 | 24% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 32 | 51% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 15 | 24% |
| Scientists | 13 | 21% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 80 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 80 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 11 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 10% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 19 | 24% |
| Unknown | 23 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 36% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 8% |
| Psychology | 2 | 3% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Unknown | 26 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 38. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 February 2018.
All research outputs
#1,008,827
of 24,456,171 outputs
Outputs from Palliative Medicine
#291
of 2,082 outputs
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#19,076
of 325,320 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Palliative Medicine
#7
of 36 outputs
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