ArticlePalliative medicine2024
Education modalities for serious illness communication training: A scoping review on the impact on clinician behavior and patient outcomes.
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- Patient- and caregiver-reported outcome and experience measures for evaluating serious illness communication: An environmental scan.Palliative care and social practice · 2026Review
- From co-creation to practice: a collaborative program strengthening palliative care capacity in primary health care in Ghana.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- All providers Better Communication Skills (ABCs) program: protocol for a randomized controlled trial assessing communication training effectiveness with interprofessional clinicians.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Facilitated Versus Self-Directed Educational Modalities in Palliative Care Training: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the CAPACITI Intervention.Palliative medicine reports · 2025Article
- E-Learning to Fill Gaps in Serious Illness Communication Education: A Missing Piece or an Unfinished Puzzle?Palliative medicine reports · 2025Article
- Testing the ABCs of Serious Illness Program for Oncology Trainees: A Feasibility Trial Comparing Different Learning Formats for a Virtual Communication Curriculum.Palliative medicine reports · 2025Article
- Interpersonal energy: New and bold directions in palliative care health professions education research.Palliative medicine · 2024Article
- Implementing palliative care education into primary care practice: a qualitative case study of the CAPACITI pilot program.BMC palliative care · 2023Article
- Factors Shaping the Implementation of Serious Illness Conversations: Frontline Clinician Insights.Global qualitative nursing researchArticle
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Abstract
backgroundSeveral clinician training interventions have been developed in the past decade to address serious illness communication. While numerous studies report on clinician attitudes and confidence, little is reported on individual education modalities and their impact on actual behavior change and patient outcomes.
aimTo examine what is known about the education modalities used in serious illness communication training and their impact on clinician behaviors and patient outcomes.
designA scoping review using the Joanna Briggs Methods Manual for Scoping Reviews was conducted to examine studies measuring clinician behaviors or patient outcomes. DATA SOURCES: Ovid MEDLINE and EMBASE databases were searched for English-language studies published between January 2011 and March 2023.
resultsThe search identified 1317 articles: 76 met inclusion criteria describing 64 unique interventions. Common education modalities used were: single workshop (
conclusionThis scoping review of serious illness communication interventions found heterogeneity among education modalities used and limited evidence supporting their effectiveness in impacting patient-centered outcomes and long-term clinician skill acquisition. Well-defined educational modalities and consistent measures of behavior change and standard patient-centered outcomes are needed.
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