Can We Improve the Quality of Care at the End of Life in Israel?

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether end-of-life training of ICU professionals leads to improvements in ICU care process, teamwork and family satisfaction.

Conditions

• End of Life Process

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Simulation training

End-of-life simulation training. The simulation training will include training with standardized patients (actors) using 9 essential skills for communication and interpersonal relationships. The control group will have no training.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Israel Center for Medical Simulation (MSR)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Clalit Health Services

  collaborator OTHER

• The Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Hadassah Medical Organization

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Charles L Sprung, MD · Hadassah Medical Organization

• Amiram Lev, MD · Afula Hospital, Afula, Israel

• Moti Klein, MD · Soroka Hospital, Beer Sheva

• Nimrod Adi · Kaplan Hospital, Rechovot, Israel

• Pierre Singer, MD · Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva,Israel

• Arik Eden, MD · Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel

• Nissim Yifrach, MD · Meir Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel

• Shaul Lev, MD · Sharon Hospital, Herzilia, Israel

• Amitai Ziv, MD · Israel Center for Medical Simulation (MSR), The Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer , Ramat Gan, Israel

• Yigal Shoshan, MD · Hadassah Medical Organization

• Mayer Brezis, MD · Hadassah Medical Organization

• Eyal Jacobson, MD · Ministry of Health, Israel

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2014-05-31

Primary Completion

2016-05-31

Completion

2017-05-31

Countries

• Israel

Study Locations