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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 23-27 |
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Evaluation of palliative care training program for medical interns in a tertiary care teaching hospital, South India
Suguna Elayaperumal1, Vinayagamoorthy Venugopal2, S Adinarayanan3, Amol R Dongre4
1 Department of Community Medicine, Panimalar Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India
3 Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India
4 Department of Extension Programme, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, India
Correspondence Address:
Vinayagamoorthy Venugopal
Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ijcfm.ijcfm_35_21
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Introduction: The Department of Community Medicine has been training medical interns for providing hospital-based palliative care (HBPC) and community-based palliative care (CBPC) services with an interprofessional team. This study was done to evaluate the training program on palliative care developed for medical interns.
Material and Methods: It was a retro-pre type of program evaluation done among 172 interns between January 2016 and December 2017. One day program was conducted for the interns by faculty trained in palliative care, followed by placement in HBPC and CBPC program. At the end of training, self-perceived improvement in knowledge was collected on a five-point Likert scale. Certificates were issued on completion. Data were entered and analyzed using Epi Info (version 7.2.2.6) software. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was applied between pre- and post-scores. Manual content analysis was done for open-ended questions.
Results: The mean age of the participants was 22.5 ± 0.8 years, with 76 (44.2%) males and 96 (55.8%) females. There was statistically significant improvement in perceived knowledge scores after attending the training. Areas of learning, values learned, and uses of learning in future career and suggestions for improving the training program were the categories obtained.
Conclusion: The training program improved the self-perceived knowledge on palliative care among medical interns. The exposure to HBPC and CBPC program had a positive effect on their attitude and perceived skills for caring of chronically ill patients. Such programs can be initiated by other palliative care providing institutions for training medical interns.
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