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Breaking Bad News to Family Members in a Pandemic

NCT04638530 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 16

Last updated 2021-04-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Resident education on breaking bad news and conducting end of life conversations has been shown to improve comfort levels with having these conversations. Interventions with OB/GYN residents specifically have used a combination of didactics, resident role-playing and ultimately interaction with standardized patients with feedback from palliative care specialists. These interventions can be costly and also are not practical during the pandemic training environment where resident has transitioned to a virtual curriculum. While the didactics portions of this previously proven curriculum can be done virtually, the standardized patient interactions are challenging to replicate. Additionally, one of the key changes to patient care that has emerged during the pandemic is restrictive hospital and clinic visitor policies. Care providers must now have the ability to have difficult conversations and break bad news to family members over the phone rather than in person. Additionally, there has been an increasing reliance on telehealth visits. There are no currently studied training interventions in obstetrics and gynecology that address these skills.

Conditions

  • Resident Education, Patient Communication, Breaking Bad News to Patients Remotely, Telemedicine

Interventions

OTHER

Education on breaking bad news to family members remotely

Participants will receive a combination of surveys, pre- and post-tests, lectures and didactics to increase their awareness of techniques to communicate difficult topics with patients remotely as well as skill building exercises.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Virginia

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-02-01
Primary Completion
2025-01-01
Completion
2026-01-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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