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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Key themes and approaches in palliative and end-of-life care education for the general public: a systematic review.BMC palliative care · 2025Pooled it
- Last Aid Courses as a Means for Public Palliative Care Education-A Narrative Review of the Literature and 10 Years of Experience Around the World with Implications for Future Research.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- First Experiences with Last Aid Courses as Tool for Public Palliative Care Education in Brazil.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- Instructors' Views on and Experiences withInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Using life and death education to guide the teaching and research of mindfulness.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- How cultural beliefs and rituals may help alleviate grief and despair: a four-dimensional framework.Frontiers in sociology · 2025Review
- Palliative care training programmes for community volunteers working with children and their families: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Advancement of life and death education research: recommending implementation of the Life + Death Education Framework for teaching and research purposes.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- "I Needed to Know, No Matter What I Do, I Won't Make It Worse"-Expectations and Experiences of Last Aid Course Participants in Germany-A Qualitative Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Report from the Third International Last Aid Conference: cultural diversity in palliative care.Palliative care and social practice · 2023Article
- Last Aid Training Online: Participants' and Facilitators' Perceptions from a Mixed-Methods Study in Rural Scotland.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Is There a Need for Cultural Adaptation of the Last Aid Course?-A Mixed-Methods Study across the Danish-German Border.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Lessons Learned from Introducing Last Aid Courses at a University Hospital in Germany.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Patients' and Relatives' Preferences for a Palliative/Oncology Day Ward and Out-of-Hours Telemedicine-An Interpretive Description.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
The Last Aid course aims to teach public palliative care by increasing public awareness and empowering people about the role of the individual in the death of loved ones. The Covid-19 pandemic, however, has altered educational methods prohibiting classroom settings. Therefore, an online course was created to enable continued and safe public palliative care education. A mixed-methods study was performed to examine the feasibility of delivering the Last Aid course online. Data collection included participant questionnaires with qualitative and quantitative data, observations and a focus group discussion. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and qualitative description. In total, 15 online Last Aid courses were held, 174 participants took part in the study and 92 completed questionnaires were included. Findings revealed overall course satisfaction for the online courses in line with previous findings for classroom teaching. The online platform enabled course participation from people previously unable or unwilling to attend, namely caregivers to dying relatives and younger people. Instructors displayed an ability to teach online. However, some instructors expressed frustration over reduced interaction and technical challenges, which was echoed by participant ratings showing that many lacked social networking with fellow participants. Nonetheless, this pilot study demonstrates the feasibility of the online Last Aid course. Attention must be given to increasing both participant-to-participant and instructor-to-participant interaction. More research on the long-term effects of Last Aid courses is needed.
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