Creating a Flexible Curriculum Tool for Pediatric Palliative Care Rotating Learners
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Rotation Using Flexible Education Tool, Standard Palliative Care Education.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Palliative Care Education. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a new educational tool can improve the training and educational process for learners who will already be taking part in the palliative care rotation at Children's National Hospital. The main questions it aims to answer are: * If learners who are trained using the educational tool more frequently answer strongly agree/agree to the question "I achieved the standard objectives of the palliative care rotation" * If learners who are trained using the educational tool more frequently answer strongly agree/agree to the question "I achieved my specific objectives of the palliative care rotation" If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare responses from learners who did and and did not have their rotation guided by the educational tool to see if there are differences. Participants will engage in their palliative care rotation as they would have otherwise, though those in the intervention group will be provided different resources. They will be asked to provide responses to survey questions on their end-of-rotation evaluation, and some will be invited to participate in a focus group at the end of their rotation.
Interventions
- Behavioral Rotation Using Flexible Education Tool
The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate a flexible education tool that utilizes a palliative care education database of resources to tailor the structure of a learner rotation to their specific needs. At the moment, education is provided in an ad hoc manner, based on the specific learning objectives, bandwidth of preceptors, and personal knowledge base and resource library. The purpose of this intervention is to provide a standardized database of resources that can be pulled from in - Behavioral Standard Palliative Care Education
This is the typical palliative care education that is provided in an ad hoc manner, based on the specific learning objectives, bandwidth of preceptors, and personal knowledge base and resource library.
Primary outcome measures
- Response to the question "I achieved the standard objectives of the palliative care rotation." [Time frame: Measured on an evaluation survey sent to participants within 2 weeks after the last day of their rotation, response due within 4 weeks after receipt]
Secondary outcome measures (8)
- Response to the question "I achieved my specific objectives of the palliative care rotation." [Time frame: Measured on an evaluation survey sent to participants within 2 weeks after the last day of their rotation, response due within 4 weeks after receipt]
- Response to the question "I was provided with a variety of resources to meet my learning objectives." [Time frame: Measured on an evaluation survey sent to participants within 2 weeks after the last day of their rotation, response due within 4 weeks after receipt]
- Response to the question "The education I received matched my level of training." [Time frame: Measured on an evaluation survey sent to participants within 2 weeks after the last day of their rotation, response due within 4 weeks after receipt]
- Response to the question "The education was appropriate to my previous exposure to hospice and palliative medicine." [Time frame: Measured on an evaluation survey sent to participants within 2 weeks after the last day of their rotation, response due within 4 weeks after receipt]
- Response to the question "The education on this rotation matched my learning style." [Time frame: Measured on an evaluation survey sent to participants within 2 weeks after the last day of their rotation, response due within 4 weeks after receipt]
- Response to the question "This rotation was valuable." [Time frame: Measured on an evaluation survey sent to participants within 2 weeks after the last day of their rotation, response due within 4 weeks after receipt]
- Response to the question "The clinical educators promoted an open, respectful, and safe environment for discussion, learning, and improvement." [Time frame: Measured on an evaluation survey sent to participants within 2 weeks after the last day of their rotation, response due within 4 weeks after receipt]
- Response to the question "I would recommend this rotation to other learners." [Time frame: Measured on an evaluation survey sent to participants within 2 weeks after the last day of their rotation, response due within 4 weeks after receipt]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- must be an adult, greater than or equal to 18 years old
- must have rotated with the pediatric palliative care team for at least 1/2 day during the study period
- must speak English
Exclusion criteria
- there are no exclusion criteria for this study
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Sequential
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Childrens National Hospital — Silver Spring
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07402837 · STUDY00001648