P-87 The importance of educating healthcare workers (HWC) on advance care planning (ACP) in a south-east asian (SEA) acute hospital setting: The national heart centre singapore (NHCS) experience

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العنوان: P-87 The importance of educating healthcare workers (HWC) on advance care planning (ACP) in a south-east asian (SEA) acute hospital setting: The national heart centre singapore (NHCS) experience
المؤلفون: Kld Sim, SH Tan, BC Tan, Jane Cq Wong, Cindy Sl Lau, G Wong, Csh Ng, SM Lim
المصدر: BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 5:A70.3-A70
بيانات النشر: BMJ, 2015.
سنة النشر: 2015
مصطلحات موضوعية: Advance care planning, Social work, Oncology (nursing), business.industry, education, Soft skills, Medicine (miscellaneous), General Medicine, humanities, Dilemma, Medical–Surgical Nursing, Nursing, Health care, Medicine, South east asian, business, Senior management, Acute hospital
الوصف: Background NHCS Heart Failure team and Medical Social Workers (MSW) spearheaded the implementation of ACP in August 2012. The programme now incorporates a component of intra-institution education of HCWs, specifically with cardiac nurses and physicians. Aim To provide on-going education and address misconceptions of ACP amongst HCWs in a SEA acute hospital setting, in view that discussion of patients’ crucial end-of-life treatment preferences is an avoided topic amongst HCWs in their daily frontline patient interactions and care. Methods NHCS ACP model was enhanced to include sub-clinical teams for education. Education on ACP was disseminated via interactive lecture-style presentations by the MSW team, with the support from key NHCS Senior Management. Results 122 registered and enrolled nurses attended 3 one-hour lectures. About 40 Cardiologists and medical officers attended a 30-minute lecture. Discussion Frontline HCWs tend to perceive ACP as a sensitive topic and are uncomfortable bringing it up in their patient care, despite perceiving ACP as an essential discussion framework to minimise conflict or dilemma during medical emergencies. Conclusion To garner support from essential healthcare stakeholders and help them appreciate ACP as part of standard patient care, ongoing education for HCWs is necessary to overcome the cultural barriers and to shift perceptions on ACP. Further development of a skills-based education programme may be necessary to equip HCW with the soft skills of introducing ACP as standard patient care in NHCS.
تدمد: 2045-4368
2045-435X
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::12dc24d1e20b33613d85046387bd0422
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000978.216
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