Impact of teaching session on concepts of palliative care in medical undergraduates
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20160125Keywords:
Palliative care education, Professional knowledge, Questionnaire studyAbstract
Background: The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of teaching session on concepts of palliative care and pain management among medical undergraduate students in a tertiary care hospital.
Methods: The study was conducted in tertiary care teaching hospital among undergraduates. 152 medical students were enrolled. Pre-session questionnaire was distributed to the students and the response was obtained. This was followed by an educational lecture with power point presentation for 45 minutes and post-lecture response to the questionnaire was perceived. With comments, a qualitative mathematic analysis was carried out.
Results: With response of 90% the attitude of students regarding incurable terminal illness did not change due to educational training. Comparison of knowledge and attitude in precession and post session in 4th year undergraduates was higher (p value <0.001 & <0.0001) in comparison to 2nd year undergraduates (P value <0.0002 & < 0.0005). Post session mean assessment also showed slight increase for 4th year (45.6 & 87.4) when compared with 2nd year students (42.8 & 82.12).
Conclusions: Concept of palliative care was poor among medical undergraduates. Health care providers can overcome by knowledge construction, interrelation between practice and evidence based medicine.
Metrics
References
World Health Organisation. WHO Definition of Palliative Care. Available from: http://www.who.int/cancer/palliative/definition/en/. Accessed on 2013 Dec 08.
Khosla D, Patel FD, Sharma SC. Palliative care in India: current progress and future needs. Indian J Pall Care. 2012;18(3):149-54.
Sadhu S, Salins NS, Kamath A. Palliative care awareness among Indian undergraduate health care students: a needs assessment study to determine incorporation of palliative care education in undergraduate medical, nursing and allied health education. Indian J Pall Care. 2010;16(3):154-9.
Sullivan AM, Lakoma MD, Block SD. The status of medical education in end of life care. J Gen Int Med. 2003;18(9):685-95.
Uwimana J, Struthers P. Met and unmet palliative care needs of people living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda. Sahara J. 2007;4:575-85.
Billings JA, Block S. Palliative care in undergraduate medical education. Status report and future directions. JAMA. 1997;278:733-8.
