Objective: To evaluate the skill of postgraduate residents in breaking bad news to the patients in a tertiary care hospital.
Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at King Edward Medical university, Lahore, Pakistan, from January to April 2016, and comprised postgraduate residents of different specialties at Mayo Hospital, Lahore. The subjects were examined in terms of their personal experience in breaking bad news to the patients by means of a specifically-designed questionnaire based on six-step protocol of Setting, Perception, Invitation, Knowledge, Empathy and Summarising model. Data was qualitatively and quantitatively analysed using SPSS 22.
Results: Of the 200 respondents, 141(70.5%) were males and 59(29.5%) were females. Overall mean age of the sample was 23 } 2.55years. Of the total, 94(47%) respondents were only fairly satisfied with their breaking bad news skill, while 130(65%) were eager to get training in this regard. The knowledge regarding breaking bad news protocols was lacking across all comparisons (p>0.05).
Conclusions: Majority of the residents had little satisfaction regarding their breaking bad news skill. It is necessary to plan special training for the residents in this key area.
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