Creating a Flexible Curriculum Tool for Pediatric Palliative Care Rotating Learners
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Enrolling By Invitation
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Response to the question "I achieved the standard objectives of the palliative care rotation."
Study Overview
Brief Summary
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Sequential
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
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
Arms & Interventions
Control - Standard Education
This is the standard palliative care education that most learners receive.
Intervention: Standard Palliative Care Education (Behavioral)
Intervention - Education Using Flexible Curriculum Tool
This is the education using a new educational tool that tailors resources, guidance, and education to learner objectives, level of training, learning style, and palliative care experience.
Intervention: Rotation Using Flexible Education Tool (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
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
Measured using Likert scale with 5 choices, 1 meaning Strongly Disagree, 5 meaning Strongly Agree
Secondary Outcomes
- Response to the question "I achieved my specific objectives of the palliative care rotation."(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."(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."(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."(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."(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."(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."(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."(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)
Investigators
Nimisha Bajaj
Co-Principal Investigator
Children's National Research Institute