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- Title
Integrating Palliative Care on an Adult Trauma Service.
- Authors
Schockett, Erica R.; Prather, Christina P.; Benjenk, Ivy; Estroff, Jordan M.
- Abstract
Background: In 2017, the American College of Surgeons' Trauma Quality Improvement Program adopted a Palliative Care Best Practices Guidelines that calls for early palliative care for hospitalized injured patients. Objective: To develop an educational intervention to address the palliative needs of injured patients. Design: Palliative faculty presented a three-part monthly lecture series focused on core primary palliative skills, including the components of palliative care; conducting family conferences; communication skills for complex medical decision making; pain management; and, end-of-life planning. Additionally a palliative provider joined trauma team rounds every other week to highlight opportunities for enhanced palliative assessments, identify appropriate consults, and provide just-in-time teaching. Setting: Urban, level-1 trauma center. Measurements: Surgical residents completed a survey at the beginning and end of the academic year, during which the intervention took place. All survey questions were answered with a 5-point Likert scale. Rate of palliative care consultation was also tracked. Results: There were statistically significant perceived improvements in goals-of-care discussions (initial discussion—4.30 vs. 3.52, p = 0.4; follow-up discussion—3.89 vs. 3.05, p = 0.021) and documentation (3.89 vs. 2.9, p = 0.032), incorporation of patient preferences into decision making (4.20 vs. 3.43, p = 0.04), discussion of palliative needs during rounds (4.30 vs. 2.81; p < 0.001) and care transitions (3.90 vs. 3.05, p = 0.008), respect for decisions to forgo life-sustaining treatments (4.40 vs. 3.52, p = 0.004), and identification of advance directives (4.11 vs. 3.05, p = 0.002) and surrogate decision maker (4.44 vs. 3.60, p = 0.015). The overall rate of palliative specialist consultation also increased (8.4% vs. 16.1%, p < 0.001). Conclusion: Embedding primary palliative education into usual didactic and rounding time for an inpatient trauma team is an effective way to help residents develop palliative skills and foster culture change. Educational partnerships such as this may serve as an example to other trauma programs.
- Subjects
MEDICAL quality control; HOSPITAL emergency services; TERMINAL care; TRAUMA centers; PATIENTS; HUMAN services programs; URBAN hospitals; EMERGENCY medical services; SCALE analysis (Psychology); QUALITY assurance; INTEGRATED health care delivery; CURRICULUM planning; DECISION making in clinical medicine; HOSPITAL rounds; PALLIATIVE treatment; MEDICAL needs assessment; PAIN management; ADULTS
- Publication
Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2021, Vol 24, Issue 5, p668
- ISSN
1096-6218
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/jpm.2020.0378