Trial reportJournal of palliative medicine2013
Clinical effectiveness of online training in palliative care of primary care physicians.
Trial report in Journal of palliative medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Are the MORECare guidelines on reporting of attrition in palliative care research populations appropriate? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.BMC palliative care · 2020Pooled it
- Online Digital Education for Postregistration Training of Medical Doctors: Systematic Review by the Digital Health Education Collaboration.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
- E-learning for health professionals.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Death in the Digital Age: A Systematic Review of Information and Communication Technologies in End-of-Life Care.Journal of palliative medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Palliative Care Always: Hepatology-Virtual Primary Palliative Care Training for Hepatologists.Hepatology communications · 2022Trial
- Development, acceptability and uptake of an on-line communication skills education program targeting challenging conversations for oncology health professionals related to identifying and responding to anxiety and depression.BMC health services research · 2022Trial
- All providers Better Communication Skills (ABCs) program: protocol for a randomized controlled trial assessing communication training effectiveness with interprofessional clinicians.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Evaluating an online stroke training programme for Saudi Arabian physiotherapists for improving their knowledge and confidence in long-term stroke care: a pilot mixed-methods study.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- A mixed methods pilot study of a serious illness communication training curriculum among medical residents.Palliative care and social practice · 2025Article
- Equipping undergraduate medical and nursing students with elderly health care assessment skills at Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Uganda.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- End-of-Life Care Education as Blended Learning Approach for General Practitioners: a Scoping Review.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2023Article
- Blended online learning for oncologists to improve skills in shared decision making about palliative chemotherapy: a pre-posttest evaluation.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- Healthcare practices that increase the quality of care in cancer trajectories from a general practice perspective: a scoping review.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2022Article
- Nonhospice Palliative Care Within the Treatment of End-Stage Liver Disease.Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) · 2020Review
- Article
- Resources for Educating, Training, and Mentoring All Physicians Providing Palliative Care.Journal of palliative medicine · 2018Review
- Primary care physicians' educational needs and learning preferences in end of life care: A focus group study in the UK.BMC palliative care · 2017Article
- The Palliative Outcome Scale (POS) applied to clinical practice and research: an integrative review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2016Review
- Educational Intervention in End-of-Life Care: An Evidence-Based Analysis.Ontario health technology assessment series · 2014Review
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundPrimary care physicians (PCPs) have a major responsibility in the management of palliative patients. Online palliative care (PC) education has not been shown to have a clinical impact on patients that is equal or different to traditional training.
objectiveThis study tested the clinical effectiveness of online PC education of physicians through impact on symptom control, quality of life (QOL), caregiver satisfaction, and knowledge-attitude of physicians at 18 months of the intervention.
methodsWe conducted a randomized clinical trial. Subjects were 169 physicians randomly assigned to receive the online model or traditional training. Consecutive patients with advanced cancer requiring PC were included. Physicians and patients completed the Palliative Care Outcome Scale (POS), and patients the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) and the Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RSCL) twice, 7 to 10 days apart. Caregivers completed the SERVQUAL. Physicians' level of knowledge-attitude was measured at 18 months.
resultsSixty-seven physicians enrolled 117 patients. The intervention group had reduced scores for pain, symptoms, and family anxiety. The global RSCL scale showed a difference between groups. There was no significant difference in the questionnaires used. Caregiver satisfaction was comparable between groups. Physicians in the intervention group significantly increased their knowledge without any differences in attitude. Online training was completed by 86.6% in the intervention group, whereas 13.4% in the control group accessed traditional training.
conclusionsParticipation in an online PC education program by PCPs improved patient scores for some symptoms and family anxiety on the POS and also showed improved global QOL. Significant differences were found in physicians' knowledge at short and long term.
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