Novel approach to advance directive training: Hospice and palliative care fellow led workshop feasible and effective in increasing confidence in end of life conversations

Chelsea Chang, Jose Cano, Juan Lopez-Alvarenga, Josenny Rodriguez-Paez, Sonya Montes, Rosa White and Meghana Rao

PLOS ONE, 2024, vol. 19, issue 12, 1-7

Abstract: Despite the benefits of Advance directives, approximately only 1 in 3 U.S adults have documented advance directives. In medical school and residency, learners are often not taught or given very brief information on conducting end-of-life planning conversations with patients. Due to this deficiency, some institutions have conducted advance directive workshops but not many have been both palliative fellow and resident led, though some have been led by a geriatric fellow. Therefore, we approached advance directives with a resident and palliative fellow-led workshop. We aimed to develop and conduct a workshop on advance directives to assess feasibility and effectiveness in raising resident confidence in discussing advance directives. We sent a survey to 52 residents prior to two one-hour didactic sessions. For the first session, a small group of residents discussed common terminology and the tools available to help patients complete advanced directives in the outpatient setting. A hospice and palliative care fellow led the second session and focused on patient communication and approach. Our results showed that the workshop was well-received and improved resident confidence in discussing advance directives with patients. In conclusion, a resident and palliative fellow-led advance directive workshop for internal medicine residents was feasible and effective in increasing resident confidence.

Date: 2024
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