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

Jennifer McCallister MD

Status: Completed

Conditions: Communication

Treatments: Other: Control comparison; Behavioral: First year program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01249170

2010B0299

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 89 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• First- and second-year pulmonary/critical care fellows

Trial design

16 participants in 2 patient groups

First year fellow

Other group

Treatment:

Behavioral: First year program

Second Year Fellow

Other group

Treatment:

Other: Control comparison