Communication Skills Training and Competency Assessment for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellows

Jennifer McCallister MD16 enrolled

Overview

Study to determine if pulmonary/critical care fellows will demonstrate increased competency in the behavioral skills necessary to facilitate family meetings focused on discussions of goals of care in the ICU from pre- to post-communication skills training.

The investigators hypothesize that pulmonary/critical care fellows will demonstrate increased competency in the behavioral skills necessary to facilitate family meetings focused on discussions of goals of care in the ICU from pre- to post-communication skills training.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Communication

Interventions

First year programBEHAVIORAL

Information on group that underwent new educational program

Control comparisonOTHER

Information from group that did not undergo new first year program

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 89 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * First- and second-year pulmonary/critical care fellows

Locations (1)

The Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Subject self evaluation of training and skill

Determine level of prior training in communication skills and assess trainee attitudes about goals of care communication training

Time frame: Measured at basline (Month 0)

Secondary Outcomes

Self versus trainer comparison assessment

Compare pulmonary/critical care fellows' self-report of confidence and competence in performing goals of care discussions during family meetings with faculty observed competence in performance of this skill.

Time frame: Measured at basline (Month 0), during intervention and End of Study (Month 12)

Evaluation of Effectiveness of intervention

Evaluate the effectiveness of a behavioral skills checklist as a formative feedback tool to improve the ability of pulmonary/critical care fellows to utilize the five key elements of patient-centered communication

Time frame: Measured at End of Study (Month 12)

Evaluate communication skills curriculum

Determine the effect of the implementation of a communication skills curriculum for pulmonary/critical care fellows on the physician communication domain of family satisfaction survey scores in the ICU.

Time frame: Measured at End of Study (Month 12)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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