Validation of an Educational Evaluation Plan and Assessment of Its Usefulness in Therapeutic Patient Education: Case of Pediatric Home Parenteral Nutrition

Due to the highly technical nature of the care to be provided at home by parents of children in need of parenteral nutrition, an assessment of the acquisition of both factual knowledge provided to parents in hospital, but also of the reasoning, decision-making, technical skills and parents attitudes seem necessary and essential before the child's return to his home in order to guarantee his safety.

The department of gastroenterology, hepatology and pediatric nutrition of Necker-Enfants Malades hospital has developed an educational assessment system based on previous studies in this field. Composed of 4 tools, this plan allows a complete assessment with relevant educational decision fields of the set of skills that parents must master to cope with their child's illness on a daily basis, following their participation in the initial program of therapeutic education offered by the Necker hospital team.

The aim of the study is to test this evaluation plan and assess its interest in the learning process of parents and then include it in the initial therapeutic education program for parents of children requiring parenteral nutrition of Necker-Enfants Malades hospital.