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Assessing Palliative Care Knowledge Among Medicine/Pulmonary Intensive Care Unit Staff To Identify Barriers And Increase Palliative Care Referrals, Ryan Mckendrick
Assessing Palliative Care Knowledge Among Medicine/Pulmonary Intensive Care Unit Staff To Identify Barriers And Increase Palliative Care Referrals, Ryan Mckendrick
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Background: To conduct a needs assessment to identify areas of opportunity for increased awareness of the interdisciplinary medicine/pulmonary intensive care unit (MICU) staffs’ knowledge of palliative care and identify potential barriers to initiating referrals for palliative care consultations. Then provide an educational intervention and assess effectiveness with a post interventions assessment of referrals. The goal of this project is to increase referrals for palliative care consults.
Methods: A pre-/post-survey design will be utilized to assess palliative care knowledge to identify barriers to palliative care consultation referrals. An educational intervention that addresses palliative care knowledge deficits and addresses barriers will be …