PMID- 36613049
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230110
LR  - 20230220
IS  - 1660-4601 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-7827 (Print)
IS  - 1660-4601 (Linking)
VI  - 20
IP  - 1
DP  - 2022 Dec 30
TI  - The Impact of Health and Social Care Professionals' Education on the Quality of 
      Serious Illness Conversations in Nursing Homes: Study Protocol of a Quality 
      Improvement Project.
LID - 10.3390/ijerph20010725 [doi]
LID - 725
AB  - Health and social care professionals (HCPs) who work in nursing homes (NHs) are 
      increasingly required to sustain serious illness conversations about care goals 
      and preferences. Although these conversations may also be challenging for 
      experienced HCPs and the literature recognizes high-quality communication as key 
      to providing patient-centered care, so far, no specific educational program has 
      been developed for the NH setting to improve HCPs' communication skills. Our 
      study aims to test the feasibility and potential effectiveness of an innovative, 
      blended communication skills training program (Teach-to-Communicate) targeting 
      the HCPs who work in NHs. This program includes classroom-based theory, 
      experiential learning, and e-learning, and relies on interdisciplinary contexts 
      and several didactic methods. The study consists of two phases: phase I is the 
      development of written resources that employ focus group discussion involving 
      field experts and external feedback from key stakeholders. Phase II consists of a 
      multicenter, pilot, pre-post study with nested qualitative study. The 
      Teach-to-Communicate training program is expected to enhance the quality of 
      communication in NH and HCPs' confidence in sustaining serious illness 
      conversations, reduce family carers' psycho-emotional burden and improve their 
      satisfaction with the care received, and increase advance care planning 
      documentation. Our protocol will provide insight for future researchers, 
      healthcare providers, and policymakers and pave the way for blended educational 
      approaches in the field of communication skills training.
FAU - Gonella, Silvia
AU  - Gonella S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6294-9834
AD  - Direction of Health Professions, City of Health and Science University Hospital 
      of Torino, Corso Bramante 88-90, 10126 Turin, Italy.
AD  - Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, via Santena 5 
      bis, 10126 Turin, Italy.
FAU - Di Giulio, Paola
AU  - Di Giulio P
AD  - Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, via Santena 5 
      bis, 10126 Turin, Italy.
FAU - Berchialla, Paola
AU  - Berchialla P
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5835-5638
AD  - Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, via Santena 
      5 bis, 10126 Torino, Italy.
FAU - Bo, Mario
AU  - Bo M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2945-0243
AD  - Section of Geriatrics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino, City 
      of Health and Science University Hospital of Turin, Corso Bramante 88-90, 10126 
      Turin, Italy.
FAU - Cotogni, Paolo
AU  - Cotogni P
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4930-8984
AD  - Pain Management and Palliative Care, Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and 
      Emergency, University of Torino, City of Health and Science University Hospital 
      of Turin, Corso Bramante 88-90, 10126 Turin, Italy.
FAU - Macchi, Giorgia
AU  - Macchi G
AD  - Pain Management and Palliative Care, Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and 
      Emergency, University of Torino, City of Health and Science University Hospital 
      of Turin, Corso Bramante 88-90, 10126 Turin, Italy.
FAU - Campagna, Sara
AU  - Campagna S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2722-1818
AD  - Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, via Santena 5 
      bis, 10126 Turin, Italy.
FAU - Dimonte, Valerio
AU  - Dimonte V
AD  - Direction of Health Professions, City of Health and Science University Hospital 
      of Torino, Corso Bramante 88-90, 10126 Turin, Italy.
AD  - Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, via Santena 5 
      bis, 10126 Turin, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20221230
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Environ Res Public Health
JT  - International journal of environmental research and public health
JID - 101238455
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Quality Improvement
MH  - Nursing Homes
MH  - Communication
MH  - *Advance Care Planning
MH  - Social Support
MH  - Multicenter Studies as Topic
PMC - PMC9819581
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - aged
OT  - blended learning
OT  - communication skills
OT  - education
OT  - multimethod studies
OT  - nursing home
OT  - patient-centered care
OT  - quality of care
OT  - serious illness conversations
OT  - training
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2023/01/09 06:00
MHDA- 2023/01/11 06:00
PMCR- 2022/12/30
CRDT- 2023/01/08 01:15
PHST- 2022/11/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/12/23 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/12/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/01/08 01:15 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/01/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/01/11 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/12/30 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijerph20010725 [pii]
AID - ijerph-20-00725 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ijerph20010725 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 30;20(1):725. doi: 
      10.3390/ijerph20010725.