Simplifying Serious Illness Communication: Preparing or Deciding.

Clinicians have a sincere desire to ensure that the decision-making processes of seriously ill patients are well informed throughout illness trajectories. A quagmire of variable terminology (e.g.

Education modalities for serious illness communication training: A scoping review on the impact on clinician behavior and patient outcomes.

Background: Several clinician training interventions have been developed in the past decade to address serious illness communication. While numerous studies report on clinician attitudes and confidence, little is reported on individual education modalities and their impact on actual behavior change and patient outcomes.

Aim: To examine what is known about the education modalities used in serious illness communication training and their impact on clinician behaviors and patient outcomes.

Outcome measures in palliative care training interventions: a systematic review of trial-based studies.

Background: The ability of health care clinicians to offer a palliative approach to care to their patients with progressive, life-limiting illness has become critical as demand for these services increases. Numerous training initiatives exist to assist clinicians who are not palliative care specialists in the development of palliative care skills, however there is little consensus on how to best measure the effectiveness of these education programs. We conducted a systematic review of palliative care training intervention trials to examine the outcomes measures used.

Increasing palliative care capacity in primary care: study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial of the CAPACITI training program.

Background: Primary care providers play a critical role in providing early palliative care to their patients. Despite the availability of clinical education on best practices in palliative care, primary care providers often lack practical guidance to help them operationalize this approach in practice. CAPACITI is a virtual training program aimed at providing practical tips, strategies, and action plans to provide an early palliative approach to care.

Provider Tools for Advance Care Planning and Goals of Care Discussions: A Systematic Review.

Background: Advance care planning and goals of care discussions involve the exploration of what is most important to a person, including their values and beliefs in preparation for health-care decision-making. Advance care planning conversations focus on planning for future health care, ensuring that an incapable person's wishes are known and can guide the person's substitute decision maker for future decision-making. Goals of care discussions focus on preparing for current decision-making by ensuring the person's goals guide this process.